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St. Louis to release tornado siren investigation findings

ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis is expected to release the findings of an external investigation into the tornado siren failure that occurred when the deadly May 16 storm struck. It comes on the ...
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Emergency Management director out after St. Louis tornado siren system never sounded

ST. LOUIS – Sarah Russell is no longer employed by the City of St. Louis and is out from her role as St. Louis City’s Emergency Management (CEMA) Commissioner, NewsNation local affiliate KTVI has ...
The Business Journals

Investigation into tornado sirens finds 'cascading failures' in alert system

A comprehensive investigation into St. Louis' emergency response system has uncovered a series of preventable failures that led to tornado sirens not activating during a recent storm, prompting ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

'Cascading failures' led to St. Louis tornado siren debacle, report says

ST. LOUIS — A series of failures, from a misunderstood comment to equipment problems, left the city unable to activate tornado sirens before a deadly storm hit in May, according to a consultant’s ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Sarah Russell out as St. Louis CEMA commissioner over May 16 tornado response

ST. LOUIS – The City of St. Louis has fired its emergency management commissioner following the release of an external investigation into the city’s response to the May 16 tornado. Sarah Russell had ...
The Business Journals

Sarah Russell out as St. Louis CEMA commissioner after tornado siren investigation

Sarah Russell, commissioner of St. Louis' City Emergency Management Agency, is no longer employed as CEMA director, the city's Department of Public Safety confirmed Wednesday. Tornado debris cleanup ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Tornado siren failure report

Pep Zone is back for another week as FOX 2’s Ty Hawkins travels to Ballwin Friday morning to check out the school spirit at Parkway West High School. Pep Zone is back for another week as FOX 2’s Ty ...
KSDK

Mayor Spencer responds to audit on St. Louis tornado response failures

The 80-page audit, released Monday, concluded that “Ultimately, many if not all the failures of May 16, 2025, were largely preventable.” It found outdated emergency plans, communication breakdowns, ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis emergency management chief is fired after siren debacle

Former St. Louis City Emergency Management Agency commissioner Sarah Russell discusses winter weather preparedness during a press conference on Jan. 3, 2025. ST. LOUIS — Sarah Russell, the city’s ...
KSDK

St. Louis tornado response had failures at every level that were largely preventable, audit says

ST. LOUIS — “Ultimately, many if not all the failures of May 16, 2025, were largely preventable.” That was the conclusion of an 80-page audit released Monday of St. Louis’ response to the deadly EF3 ...
St. Louis American

St. Louis Mayor addresses city’s broken response to May 16 tornado

Mayor Cara Spencer on Tuesday addressed findings of an external investigation into the city’s response to the disastrous May 16 tornado, saying it identifies “cascading failures at almost every level ...