An EF-3 tornado with 150 mph winds ripped through the St. Louis area on May 16, killing five people while damaging or destroying generational Black businesses. (Antoine White) The sky turned an eerie ...

Boone County has a new system for activating tornado sirens. While the Boone County Office of Emergency Management has promoted the update in recent months, it officially went into effect Wednesday, ...

Maury County is installing its first tornado sirens following public demand after an EF-3 tornado destroyed multiple homes and killed one person in the city of Columbia in May 2024. The mostly rural ...

PARK TWP. — The Park Township Board of Trustees is reconsidering outdoor warning sirens several months after severe weather devastated homes in Marigold Woods and Waukazoo Woods. Severe thunderstorm ...

Park Township will have seven new outdoor warning sirens, following approval from trustees Sept. 11. The motion was approved 6-1, with Trustee Jim Gerard dissenting. Gerard said, according to his ...

The head of the City Emergency Management Agency in St. Louis has now been placed on paid leave, as an investigation has been launched into why the city's tornado warning system was not activated ...

Boone County outdoor warning sirens will now only activate in areas under certain severe weather warnings, rather than wide activation across the county, according to a news release from the Boone ...

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer will seek a new top emergency official after warning sirens failed to be activated ahead of what she called “the most horrific and deadly storm our city has seen in my ...

New Orleans weighing $10M siren system for tornadoes Louisiana has faced 100+ twisters since 2023 Sirens could also warn of flooding or active threats City leaders reviewing feasibility and cost with ...

A small East Texas community is in the final stages of installing a state-of-the-art disaster warning system officials have been working toward for years. Six new sirens will be placed strategically ...

Boone County, Missouri, has implemented a new targeted tornado siren system. The new system uses National Weather Service warning zones to activate only sirens in affected areas. This change aims to ...

The city of Crockett has secured funding to install a siren system, such as the one shown here in Comfort on July 10. “How a small East Texas town turned a devastating tornado into funding for sirens” ...