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Ten minutes before the test starts, those subscribed to VCU Alert emergency texts and emails will get a message stating that the test begins at noon. There will also be a second text message sent at noon to indicate the start of the test, and additional messages will be sent once the alert system testing has finished.

Robstown neighbors are once again hearing the familiar sound of an emergency warning siren after the city installed a new system funded through Nueces County.

Even though meteorologists accurately predicted – days ahead of time – the dangerous and catastrophic flash-flooding Hurricane Helene’s landfall would bring to Western North Carolina, the local officials responsible for evacuation alerts struggled to ...

The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is required to test its emergency notification system, including sirens, every year.

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Haywood County Emergency Services reports installation has begun on a new emergency alert siren system. Officials said the audible sirens will alert residents when floodwaters are rising. The first two poles were ...

POTTSTOWN, Pa. - Emergency warning sirens will go off at a clean energy center in Pottstown on Monday, Dec. 1 as part of a regularly scheduled test. Constellation will conduct its semi-annual, full-volume test of the emergency warning sirens surrounding ...