First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold War air raid warnings, but in the 1970s, the sirens transitioned ...

Ionia County's tornado sirens were accidentally activated during clean-up efforts after a pipe burst at the dispatch center.

When is test day for outdoor tornado warning sirens in Des Moines metro counties ... by a trained spotter such as law enforcement, a fire department official or an emergency management agency ...

Throughout these weeks, residents engage in statewide weather drills, and communication methods used to alert of severe ...

Ionia County officials said a pipe burst Friday night, and workers accidentally set off the warning on Saturday while ...

IONIA COUNTY, MI – Despite the blaring sirens, Ionia County residents can rest assured there was no tornado ripping through the area Saturday afternoon. There was however an unfortunate water ...

A spinning fire vortex spotted on video Friday among the flames in a raging Pacific Palisades wildfire looks similar to a tornado, but scientists are still examining whether it was a rare fire ...

but what about tornado sirens? The KHOU 11 VERIFY team has the fast facts on where they are in our area. Tornado sirens are used to alert people in case of severe weather or other threats.

But the tornado sirens in Valley View — where seven people ... residents told the Star-Telegram that the sirens didn’t sound. And the city fire department said in a Facebook post at 10:24 ...

Goerig said she called the Johnston Township Fire Department, located a half-mile from the school, which affirmed they didn’t hear the siren either, she said. In September, when a tornado ...

They were on call,” Cumberland Trail Fire District Chief Tim Hall said. “That’s why we were unable to activate the siren during the tornado warning. “But we’re working on remedying that ...

A tornado warning was issued for Rowan County just after 9:45 a.m., and at 9:50, fire departments throughout Rowan simultaneously sounded siren alarms for the warning. There is a marked difference ...