A zoning complaint halted the weekly noon blast from Holyoke’s historic air‑raid siren. City leaders weigh permits, zoning changes and the future of the tradition.

On January 13, the city sent a cease-and-desist order to The Wherehouse in Holyoke to stop its weekly two-minute-long siren.

Longtime residents of San Francisco noticed something missing from the city's emergency response to Thursday's tsunami warning after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake off the Northern California coast: the ...

Aurora‘s siren warning system for extreme weather is so stuck in the 1980s that city officials have told residents to monitor storms themselves with their phones and computers. “We have been bandaging ...

The chairman of a homeland security subcommittee in Congress is calling on FEMA to step up efforts to help communities upgrade decades-old outdoor siren systems relied upon during tornadoes and other ...

The Wherehouse, the business that operates the historic siren on Lyman Street, said they are exploring multiple options to restore the weekly tradition that has been part of Holyoke for generations.

MACON, Ga. — Macon-Bibb County plans to overhaul its aging outdoor emergency warning system, investing about $2.8 million to replace decades-old sirens and expand coverage to every neighborhood, ...

Tommy Hengst and his wife, Pam, had just seconds to dash into their windowless utility room and throw a pillow over their heads before an EF-4 tornado began sucking the roof off their home in Rolling ...

NEVADA, Mo. — This year’s spring storm season was rough on the City of Nevada, with two EF1 tornadoes hitting the area on April 2, and it raised an alarm about the age of their current warning system.