February 3 through February 7 is severe weather preparedness week in both Georgia and Alabama. This week is used to remind ...

Severe weather can strike anytime, and being prepared could save your life. Emergency officials are urging Georgians to act ...

This week is Florida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week, an effort led by the Florida Division of Emergency Management and National Weather Service Offices to educate residents on the various types of ...

The statewide drill around Georgia will happen at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 5. It's part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week, with Wednesday emphasizing tornado safety. “This past year alone, ...

Athens-Clarke County and UGA to conduct annual testing of outside tornado sirens and suggest residents use the opportunity to ...

The Village of Flanagan Board of Trustees voted 3-2 at an Oct. 15, 2024, meeting to stop sounding sirens daily at noon, effective Jan. 1, 2025. The whistle still sounds off on the first Tuesday of ...

In the years before cellphones, even before pagers, emergency responders in small towns relied on the town siren to alert ...

"The siren tone that we heard on Saturday, this week, is what we call the attack mode," said Eric Rasmussen, director of ...

Britain’s first black woman bishop tells her story for the first time in a new memoir.

Winnebago County owns and operates its 50 outdoor warning sirens. First installed in the 1950s, they were developed for Cold ...