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Fires damage Orange County homes as storms hit the Plains and Outer Banks (video)
Residents left homes in Southern California and visitors were ordered off Hatteras Island. Across the Plains, storms interrupted electricity, flooded roads and damaged buildings. The Alert Pulse video for Oct 12 – 18, 2026: the emergency alerts sent across the United States, told night by night from the report's own figures, with the full report and its data one link away.
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That was one of 3,730 emergency warnings across the country in the week of October 12.
The week, day by day. The busiest day was October 14, with 791 warnings.
By 1:40 PM, a local agency alert in Los Angeles County.
Laura Hart, San Juan Capistrano resident who evacuated, speaking to Associated Press: This doesn’t usually happen to us, we usually see it on the news
Tuesday, 4:32 PM: a first warning in McPherson County, Kansas.
Friday, 6:58 PM: a local agency alert in Dare County, North Carolina.
Brantley County, Georgia, was under a warning on 8 of the week's 7 days.
It will happen again. Know when it is your street.
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