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Storm Damage Leaves Many Without Power
Some West Alabama residents sleeping in for Memorial Day this morning got a rude awakening. Just over 20,000 customers were left without power as early morning severe thunderstorms toppled trees and power lines onto some homes and blocked numerous roadways. One person died in Jefferson County when a tree fell on an apartment.
When will your power be back on? Parts of Birmingham area might be in the dark for a while
Storms that swept Alabama late Sunday night into early Monday morning left more than 137,000 Alabama Power customers in the dark. As of about 1 p.m. Tuesday, about 5,000 people remain without power, according to the Alabama Power outage map. The outage map states that for many of those no...
Holiday weekend storms kill at least 24 in 7 states
Powerful storms killed at least 24 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Missouri, obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to strike the central U.S. The storms inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas.Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency early Monday in a post on social media platform X, citing "multiple reports of wind damage and tornadoes."Falling trees killed at least...
Alabama fish consumption advisories: What are they and who reads them?
A bill intended to enable more people to read and understand Alabama’s annual fish consumption advisories stalled during this year’s legislative session. But advocates for the state’s rivers say they will keep working to make information from the reports more accessible to the people who like to catch, cook, and eat fish from Alabama’s lakes, rivers, and creeks.
Thousands across central Alabama spend Memorial Day without power
CALERA, Ala. (WIAT) — As of Monday night, just over 15,000 Alabama Power customers remain without electricity after the South was hit with severe storms. Calera residents Karman and Lauriann Loveless say the electricity at their home went out early Monday morning. “The storm itself woke me up and then it went click and that […]
Alabama to knock down 110-year-old dam, freeing waterway for Gulf sturgeon
One of Alabama’s oldest hydroelectric dams is slated to be torn down, thanks to a collaboration between federal and state wildlife authorities, universities and non-profit groups. The Elba Hydroelectric Dam in Coffee County was finished in 1913 and provided electricity to southeast Alabama cities like Troy and Dothan when...
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