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Warning sirens ring out in Hawaii

Hawaii Emergency Management Agency officials work at the department's command center in Honolulu.
Hawaii Emergency Management Agency officials work at the department's command center in Honolulu. Source: AP/Caleb Jones

A test siren has blared across Hawaii for the first time since the end of the Cold War in an effort to prepare tourists and residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. The state is the first to bring back the Cold War-era warning system.


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By Sonja Heydeman, Mai Hoa

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A test siren has blared across Hawaii for the first time since the end of the Cold War in an effort to prepare tourists and residents for a possible nuclear attack from North Korea. The state is the first to bring back the Cold War-era warning system.



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