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ST. LOUIS– During severe weather, tornado sirens are usually the telltale sign to take cover, but when they don't go off, how should you know what to do? On Friday, an EF-3 tornado ravaged parts ...

St. Louis Emergency Management tested them the day before this deadly EF3 tornado ripped apart the city. “They do all their testing at every first of the month, but then, the sirens didn't work ...

IMPROVE SAFETY. SPENCER COUNTY IS CONVERTING ALL NINE OF ITS TORNADO SIRENS TO ELECTRIC POWER. PREVIOUSLY, THE SIRENS WERE BATTERY POWERED, LIMITING THE TIME THEY COULD BE ON, ADDIE MEINERS EXPLAINS.

This decision comes after tornado sirens failed to activate during the severe weather event. "The direction was not clear. Russell did not clearly direct the person at the Fire Department to press ...

St. Louis' emergency management chief has been placed on administrative leave, the city's mayor said, after sirens meant to sound during a tornado warning failed to be activated ahead of Friday's ...

The City of Mansfield has installed four new tornado sirens. According to an announcement, the sirens are located at John's Park, South Park, John Todd Park and Burton Park. These sirens are now ...

ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis is re-testing tornado sirens Tuesday afternoon after a failure to sound them during a deadly tornado Friday. With that, there is also an opportunity to share ...

Halcomb oversees tornado sirens in Pulaski County, and said that as far as he’s aware, all of Pulaski’s functioned properly in the storm on Friday, May 16 that saw an EF-4 tornado cut across ...

In places like Naperville, where an EF3 tornado touched down in 2021, the 26 outdoor warning sirens are activated automatically when the National Weather Service issues a warning. In Chicago ...