The city's 911 center released audio of three calls made during and after an attack on a 99-year-old woman. Help wasn't sent ...

One emergency siren produces a sound so similar to a cow that listeners may not recognize it as a warning at all. When several units activate, the result sounds like an entire herd. The unusual tone ...

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Officials say the alert is designed to help reach people in situations where traditional communication methods may fail.

Jefferson and Clear Creek counties are the latest agencies to begin using a new siren alert system for emergency evacuations.

AusAlert is a significant improvement to Australia’s emergency warnings, but the question isn’t just about whether it works.

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Twenty-eight beluga whales are set to be relocated from a shuttered Canadian theme park to aquariums across the United States after federal officials approved an emergency import earlier this month as ...

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