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Recent Examples of sirens
No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.
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NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Communication between the police and fire departments was spotty, cellphone networks were down and emergency officials did not activate the emergency sirens that might have warned residents to evacuate.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Rocket sirens wailed constantly in northern Israeli towns, sending residents running for shelter, as Hezbollah kept up its cross-border fire.
—Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
The incident happened just minutes before Iran launched a barrage of about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, its largest-ever such attack, sending sirens blaring across the country and residents running to bomb shelters.
—Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Israelis scrambled for bomb shelters as air-raid sirens sounded and the orange glow of missiles streaked across the night sky.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The clips are mostly pitch black with the sounds of sirens in the background, until the ships fire.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
Communication between the police and fire departments was spotty, cellphone networks were down and emergency officials did not activate the emergency sirens that might have warned residents to evacuate.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Rocket sirens wailed constantly in northern Israeli towns, sending residents running for shelter, as Hezbollah kept up its cross-border fire.
—Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
The incident happened just minutes before Iran launched a barrage of about 200 ballistic missiles at Israel, its largest-ever such attack, sending sirens blaring across the country and residents running to bomb shelters.
—Tamar Michaelis, Zahid Mahmood and Helen Regan, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Israelis scrambled for bomb shelters as air-raid sirens sounded and the orange glow of missiles streaked across the night sky.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
The clips are mostly pitch black with the sounds of sirens in the background, until the ships fire.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Sirens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sirens. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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