The forecast does not call for Hurricane Erin to get too close to Massachusetts, but the storm is causing some beaches to close for swimming as it could create big waves and dangerous rip currents on ...

Providence will retire its rarely used emergency sirens, moving fully digital The city’s sirens can only be heard in one section of South Providence, and it isn’t clear what to do if you hear ...

Following federal designations, the city is divided into three evacuation zones: A, B and C. Residents can look up their zone on the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s online mapping tool.

According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) map upon which New Bedford's evacuation zoning is based, city residents either live in Zone A, Zone B, or they do not live within ...