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Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.

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As fire season nears, have alerts improved since the deadly Gatlinburg disaster?

Officials have studied why the fire was so deadly. Many years later, here are the new warning systems - and what's missing. read more