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Gone is the bullhorn. Instead, New York City emergency management officials have turned high-tech, using drones to warn residents about potential threatening weather. With a buzzing sound in the background, a drone equipped with a loudspeaker flies over homes warning people who live in basement or ground-floor apartments about impending …

Jason Dunion, an associate scientist at the University of Miami’s Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, is leading a 2022 hurricane field program that will test new aerial drones capable of flying at altitudes deemed unsafe for Hurricane Hunters and other reconnaissance aircraft. As a little boy, Jason Dunion …