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Calhoun County issues local emergency for Athens area
Calhoun County, Michigan, issued a severe IPAWS local-area emergency Sunday night for the Athens area; the notice did not include further details.
Calhoun County, Michigan, issued a local-area emergency through the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System on Sunday night for the Athens area of the county1.
The county marked the notice as severe, immediate and observed1. The alert was sent at 9:15 p.m. Eastern and listed an expiration of 5:15 a.m. Eastern on Monday1.
The IPAWS message carried no additional description of the emergency, no instructions for residents and no contact details beyond the county as sender1. Independent confirmation of the underlying incident was not available from the notice itself1.