After several years of development, construction and tree clearing, the Rockdale County Emergency Management Agency says their new siren system is live.

Rockdale County installs a new outdoor weather siren system for severe weather alerts and provides educational resources on ...

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 ...

Hurricane Gabrielle is now a major Category 4 hurricane as of Monday’s 5 p.m. advisory. It’s the second hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, and the second one to become a major hurricane.

Not all WNC counties issued evacuation orders as Helene approached Some counties are investing in sirens, backup communications, planning People at risk of harm can take steps to be ready to evacuate ...

Cellphones these days are for everything, and one of their most important functions has become emergency alert systems. Cellphone alerts are far from foolproof, though, as we experienced during ...