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A loud weekly tradition in Holyoke, Massachusetts recently went quiet, but instead of it being an end of an era, locals are filling the silence while calling for change at city hall.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A mechanical malfunction led to an alarm sounding early Saturday morning near Centennial High School, according to a spokesperson for the Franklin County EMA. The EMA was notified around 6:15 a.m. this morning that the alarm was going off.
About 20 of the fire-engine red sirens have gone up on private homes and businesses, and organizers say their wail can carry roughly half a mile. The devices cost about $70 each and are controlled through a mobile app that only certain volunteers can access.
Modern technology has added powerful tools for warning the public, but emergency management research suggests different warning systems often reach people in different situations.
No, there wasn't a tornado on Columbus' West Side. A malfunctioning tornado siren sounded in the area the night of Monday, May 12 when there was no severe weather, according to Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security (FCEM&HS).
Some residents of the Skagit Valley got a scare early Monday morning: An evacuation siren went off at 6:53 a.m. near the town of Hamilton. Puget Sound Energy operates two dams on the Baker River, a tributary of the Skagit River, that turn runoff from Mount ...
Cicadas can sound a lot like sirens or car alarms, the Durham County Sheriff's Office is reminding citizens. A Facebook post read, "Do you hear that humming that sounds like alarms going off in the distance? Don't worry, it's just our friends the cicadas.
Winter storm, blizzard warnings in the mountains with heavy lowland rain by Joel Moreno, KOMO News CARNATION, Wash. — Following another false alarm on Wednesday, city leaders in Carnation are preparing to sue the city of Seattle and call on federal ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TVs, radios and sirens will sound at 10:15 a.m. EST Tuesday as the National Weather Service issues a broadcast test for severe weather. The Emergency Alert test, which broadcasts the ...