Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHETOPA, Kan. — Early morning thunderstorms in Southeast Kansas caused one city’s tornado sirens to malfunction. Around 2:45 a.m.

A lightning strike knocked out a tornado siren in Spaulding, just when the community needed it most. The siren didn't sound during Saturday night's deadly storm, according to Hughes County Emergency ...

A Spaulding tornado siren is repaired after receiving damage from a lightning strike, which stopped it from sounding prior to a deadly EF1 tornado that hit the town Saturday, Hughes County leaders say ...

UPDATE (5/19/25) — The Bristow Fire Department said the tornado siren on South Maple Circle has been repaired after it was struck by lightning on Sunday. BRISTOW, Okla. — Bristow Fire Chief Charles ...

WYANDOTTE, Ok. — A Wyandotte tornado siren has been struck by lightning. The Wyandotte storm siren took a direct hit from a lightning strike the morning of Tuesday, September 23. Officials say the ...

In the aftermath of a severe weather event like the deadly tornado that swept through St. Louis and reached Edwardsville on May 16, there are always questions about what could have been done better to ...