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Safety boards slam "irresponsible" decision to ditch sirens
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Safety boards slam "irresponsible" decision to ditch sirens

Dutch News  

The decision by caretaker justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz to abandon the use of sirens in emergencies from 2026 has come under fire from several regional safety boards. But some of the 25 safety boards, which are responsible for emergency services responses in case of emergencies, said to ditch the siren would be “irresponsible”, particularly those whose remit includes ports or …

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Safety boards slam "irresponsible" decision to ditch sirens
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Safety boards slam "irresponsible" decision to ditch sirens

Dutch News  

The decision by caretaker justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz to abandon the use of sirens in emergencies from 2026 has come under fire from several regional safety boards. But some of the 25 safety boards, which are responsible for emergency services responses in case of emergencies, said to ditch the siren would be “irresponsible”, particularly those whose remit includes ports or …

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Air raid sirens in Kyiv as Russia launches fresh drone attacks
1 year, 11 months ago

Air raid sirens in Kyiv as Russia launches fresh drone attacks

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian officials say at least one wounded in ‘waves of Russian drone attacks’ on Kyiv’s critical infrastructure. The drone attacks early on Monday targeted critical infrastructure in Kyiv and the surrounding region, according to Ukrainian officials, and have wounded at least one person. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least one person was wounded in Monday’s assault after debris from …

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Sirens wail in Ukraine's capital Kyiv as city hit by Russian drone attack
1 year, 11 months ago

Sirens wail in Ukraine's capital Kyiv as city hit by Russian drone attack

ABC  

Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were urged to head to air raid shelters as sirens wailed across the city, a day after Russia carried out one of the biggest aerial assaults since it started the war in February. Key points: Volodymyr Zelenskyy says most regions hit by Russia's massive air attack suffered power outages Ukraine says Russia had launched …

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Air raid warning sirens at noon on Monday are a planned test
2 years, 9 months ago

Air raid warning sirens at noon on Monday are a planned test

NL Times  

The public warning sirens that will go off Monday at noon are part of a regularly scheduled test, and are not related to any military activity, like the war in Ukraine, according to an extra reminder issued by the government. All 4,278 sirens in the Netherlands are tested at noon on the first Monday of every month so that the …

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Readers ask us lots of questions about L.A. We have lots of answers
2 years, 10 months ago

Readers ask us lots of questions about L.A. We have lots of answers

LA Times  

In summer 2021, we began asking readers to send in their most pressing questions. — Jerry Yang The South Coast hydrologic region — which includes all of Orange County, most of San Diego and Los Angeles counties, in addition to parts of several other counties — received 7.65 inches of rain in December 2021, according to Desert Research Institute data. …

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Sirens warn as dyke is breached in Limburg, flooding widespread
3 years, 5 months ago

Sirens warn as dyke is breached in Limburg, flooding widespread

Dutch News  

A dyke alongside the Juliana canal in the south of Limburg broke through on Friday afternoon, leading the local safety board to urge people in several villages to leave their homes as a matter of urgency because flooding was inevitable. ‘People are worried about their homes and their jobs.’ After major floods in 1993 and 1995, the Dutch government invested …

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Sirens warn as dyke is breached in Limburg, flooding widespread
3 years, 5 months ago

Sirens warn as dyke is breached in Limburg, flooding widespread

Dutch News  

A dyke alongside the Juliana canal in the south of Limburg broke through on Friday afternoon, leading the local safety board to urge people in several villages to leave their homes as a matter of urgency because flooding was inevitable. ‘People are worried about their homes and their jobs.’ After major floods in 1993 and 1995, the Dutch government invested …

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‘We will never leave’: Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought over disputed region for decades
4 years, 2 months ago

‘We will never leave’: Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought over disputed region for decades

LA Times  

The sirens silent for the time being, Vartan Abrahamian, a 53-year-old social worker and retired soldier, returned to seal the broken windows on his home in the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh. For myself I’m not worried,” Abrahamian said of the hostilities raging once more in this disputed territory, a mountainous region tucked between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Abrahamian, one of the about …

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