Recovery

The warning sirens in Sedgwick County have two different modes: The alert mode, a steady tone used for tornadoes and tested most Mondays at noon, and the attack mode, a classic rise and fall sound used for air attacks.

The 911 center, built at a cost of $11 million, opened in 2013 under the control of the sheriff's department, which is located next door.

Issues such as housing, post-storm communication with the public and debris removal dominated a meeting that at moments turned emotional.

In the upcoming weeks, Texas Energy Raters will take infrared drone technology to Puerto Rico to help conduct aerial inspections.

Two-way emergency communication can send alerts and track people in real time.

FCC releases proposal that would be a huge boon for public safety.

At least eight people remain unaccounted for following Tuesday’s massive mud flow, which killed at least 17 people and obliterated scores of homes.

In the days leading up to the storm, the county had issued numerous warnings about the possibility of mudflows on the county’s website and social media.

'I do not take this action lightly, but we know that this crisis has taken far too many lives, broken too man families and communities, and has gone on for far too long.'

The deluge that washed over Santa Barbara County early Tuesday was devastating for a community that was ravaged by the Thomas fire only a few weeks earlier.

So far, all Knoxville, Tenn., hospitals say they've been able to avoid canceling surgeries or forgoing medications patients need, but it's taken some creative planning in some cases.

Mandatory evacuations were issued for parts of unincorporated Ojai near the Thomas Fire burn area, as a "high-intensity" rain event was expected to flood the region through Tuesday morning.

The year 2017 was the third-warmest on record for the United States, and featured a pileup of weather and climate disasters that cost the nation a record-breaking $306 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The historic lack of precipitation and unusually warm conditions, combined with a season of destructive wildfires, have left the Southland particularly vulnerable to mudslides and flooding.

A number of California lawmakers are behind a push to create uniform emergency alert protocols after the existing system failed to alert residents during recent wildfires.