St. Louis emergency official on leave after failure to sound alarm during fatal tornadoes

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The commissioner of the St. Louis City Emergency Management Agency, Sarah Russell, has been placed on paid administrative leave after failing to sound the warning siren during the tornadoes last Friday that killed five people.

Mayor Cara Spencer reported that there is now an active external investigation regarding the team’s failure to press the city’s alarm. 

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