Sheriff Lee Foster discussed his decision to activate tornado sirens Saturday night after no official tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service.

Lee Foster, the sheriff in Newberry County, South Carolina, is defending his decision to activate Tornado Warning Sirens on ...

As we approach the six-month anniversary of the May 16 storm, St. Louis City’s tornado alarm system remains troubled.

On Oct. 2, Martindale, Texas, tested its warning siren. Read our investigation into Central Texas counties that still don't have their own warning sirens after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new law ...

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 ...

Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra, who also serves as the county’s emergency management director, said the city missed a crucial opportunity to alert residents. “We had an opportunity to utilize our ...

SAN MARCOS, Texas — According to a post on Facebook, the City of San Marcos is investigating the cause of the city’s weather sirens not going off during a tornado warning on Friday, Oct. 24. They say ...

The city of San Marcos has launched an investigation after outdoor warning sirens that had been upgraded to go off automatically in response to federally issued alerts did not sound on Friday night ...

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Every year, an average of around 20 to 30 tornadoes strike the Palmetto State, but despite the amount of twisters, the number of operational tornado sirens is actually decreasing. According to ...

As a confirmed tornado tore through South-Central Texas late Friday night, one Hill Country city was caught off guard—not by the storm itself, but by the silence. The National Weather Service (NWS) ...

The latest: Enough rain fell over the weekend to mostly make up for D-FW‘s dry fall. Just how much? Storms are rolling through several parts of North Texas on Saturday evening. Central Texas was ...