New Tornado Warnings Test To Curb Cry Wolf Reactions
A five office test in Kansas and Missouri introduces tiered warnings using terms like mass devastation and unsurvivable to improve reaction to approaching storms. Researchers and officials say current warnings often fail to spur sheltering, risking Joplin like devastation.
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Mexican father barred from US to bury son after PA fire
Fidelmar Merlos Lopez, a Mexican national and father of Damien Lopez, says he cannot cross the border to attend his 10-year-old son’s funeral after a NE Pennsylvania house fire that killed four, including Damien. Lawyers seek humanitarian parole as border officials rebuff efforts. Damien’s funeral planned for Monday with burial the next day.
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