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Updated: 8:49 AM EDT Mar 17, 2021 Parts of our area are under a risk for tornadoes Thursday. Full forecast here. Being informed and prepared before a tornado hits can make the difference between life and death. 1. Stay informed; understand the terminology. Download the WXII 12 News app to be aware of alerts, listen to NOAA Weather radio, or tune in to Channel 12 when there is impending severe weather. A tornado watch means that tornadoes are possible. Remain alert for approaching storms. Watch the sky and stay tuned into weather coverage. A tornado warning means that a tor...

About all these recent little earthquakes in the Bay Area: Should we be worried? FacebookTwitterEmail The Chronicle's Quake Tracker shows a 3.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Feb. 21, 2021, near Gilroy.The Chronicle Living through almost a year of the pandemic and the worst wildfire season on record in California has a lot of Bay Area residents on edge. And, more recently, several small earthquakes have jolted the Bay Area, including a 3.9 magnitude quake Sunday near Gilroy, and others in Berkeley, Concord and Aromas. The temblors caused no significant damage but perhaps rattled some nerves...

Extra time to take those actions. but whether you live on the coast or inland, the time to prepare is right now. >> but doesn't the slowless and unpredictability make it tougher for officials? >> that's exactly right. but these disasters come on shore and totally destroy communities. by the way it doesn't take a hurricane to do that. in 2016 we saw a major tropical depression hit louisiana. tens of thousands of families are still struggling to recover there. so the truth is, is as we see these more severe and frequent disasters hit our country, we really need to foster this culture of prepared...

The entire media that's on our team and helping us. making sure that we're getting the seriousness of hurricane dorian out to all floridians. the storm is impacted -- or you know forecasted to impact anywhere really from jacksonville to miami. but it's going to be a long duration, a lot of rain, a lot of windi. everything a major hurricane brings to include a very slow turn through the states. we want our citizens to be prepared. we want them to know when the evacuation orders are given, where to go. make sure they have their emergency kits and proper -- what they need to be safe. ready.gov. w...

Additional tips. go to ready.gov. take the storm seriously. it'll be a big storm impacting some portion of florida on the eastern coast and possibly even further than that. >> molly: phil was talking about miami to jacksonville, covering those long gas lines. the atms around, people want in cash. are there any evacuations happening or expected? >> that's a good question. that is a question best asked at the county level in florida. in florida most of the time the counties will generate that. fema's role is to support any gaps they may have, any shortfalls they may have in evacuations. as you k...