Missouri Capital City Looking to Upgrade Tornado Sirens

Officials in Missouri’s capital city have decided to look into improving its aging storm warning system, after a deadly tornado hit the state’s southwest. Two of Jefferson City’s 15 warning sirens currently are not working, and many of its other sirens are several decades old. With that in mind, the city’s public safety committee decided Thursday to start the process for requesting proposals for two different early warning systems. The decision by Jefferson City comes less than two weeks after a tornado killed at least 138 people in Joplin, destroying more than 8,000 homes and 500 commercial buildings.