Aging ‘Voice of the National Weather Service’ may soon sound better

Tractor-trailer on a highway with communications towers in the background.

A House bill in committee since late September proposes to substantially upgrade the nation’s official severe weather alert system, which is aging and full of gaps.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio Modernization Act of 2021 would improve coverage of severe weather alerts and add a backup system for damaged transmitters. 

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“Nothing goes off on your cellphone, nothing goes off on your outdoor sirens,...

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