A comprehensive investigation into St. Louis' emergency response system has uncovered a series of preventable failures that led to tornado sirens not activating during a recent storm, prompting ...

Sarah Russell before a Board of Aldermen committee in May 2025. The city’s emergency management director will be back in City Hall for a pre-termination review today, the same day an external report ...

The Wyandotte storm siren was struck by lightning on Tuesday, September 23, causing significant damage and requiring weeks of repair, during which the fire department will use trucks to mount sirens ...

ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis is expected to release the findings of an external investigation into the tornado siren failure that occurred when the deadly May 16 storm struck. It comes on the ...

ST. LOUIS — A series of failures, from a misunderstood comment to equipment problems, left the city unable to activate tornado sirens before a deadly storm hit in May, according to a consultant’s ...

While tornado sirens are a staple across communities in the Midwest and Plains, most cities in Florida have never installed them, instead relying on other methods to get information out about ...

The project will bring an upgrade to the early outdoor warning siren system or the so-called tornado sirens across St. Joseph ...

The 80-page audit, released Monday, concluded that “Ultimately, many if not all the failures of May 16, 2025, were largely preventable.” It found outdated emergency plans, communication breakdowns, ...

The move comes after months of investigation into why tornado sirens did not sound during the deadly May 16 tornado and days after the release of an 80-page audit. Russell was placed on administrative ...

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — To keep more people safe, the City of Goodlettsville is adding two new tornado sirens to local parks. The new sirens will be installed on Moss-Wright Park and North ...