#emergency-alerts

#emergency-alerts

San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties are the focus of a tornado warning issued at 3:56 p.m. on Monday by the National Weather Service. The warning is in effect until 4:15 p.m. At 3:56 p.m., a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 10 miles west of Boulder Creek, or 17 miles northwest of Santa Cruz, moving north at 35 mph, the NWS San Francisco CA said. Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

At the San Francisco tidal gauge, high tide is expected to be: 2.2 ft above normal (8.0 ft MLLW) at 9:34 a.m. Friday 1/2 2.5 ft above normal (8.3 ft MLLW) at 10:26 a.m. Saturday 1/3 1.9 ft above normal (7.7 ft MLLW) at 11:18 a.m. Sunday 1/4 These predictions include up to 1.3 feet of storm surge that will enhance the astronomical tide and flooding threat.

Alameda and Contra Costa counties are included in a flash flood warning released by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:01 a.m. The warning is in effect until 6 a.m. At 3:01 a.m., Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly, according to the NWS San Francisco CA.

We are here to serve our communities and to fulfill our mission of giving them news, giving them entertainment, giving them emergency alerts and giving them school closings. We do lost and found pet notices. We do funeral announcements. We have a listing of community events that is read multiple times a day. We do weather forecasts. We're a critical part of the community, Smith told Al Jazeera.

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When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that lived south of that road lost everything they lost their electricity, internet, television, phones," says Cindy Sweat, the general manager of KSTK, the community's public broadcaster. What was left, Sweat says, was the radio.

The Portland Trail Blazers reportedly have a new owner, Tom Dundon, who wants to keep the team in Portland. This change comes after years of uncertainty.

Sen. Maria Cantwell emphasized the critical role of public broadcasting in maintaining emergency alert systems, noting that their resilience enables crucial alerts during disasters.

Authorities believe more than 160 people may still be missing in Kerr County due to the catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River.

The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones in the UK will be tested again this September, with alerts intended for imminent danger situations.

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Torrential rains in northern Italy caused rivers to overflow, leading to floods and landslides, with a 70-year-old man drowning as a result.