The much-anticipated cold front is still on track for late Friday, bringing us a slight chance of a shower and much cooler air for the weekend. Sunday and Monday mornings will feature lows in the upper 40s, with a substantial warm-up to follow by the middle of the week. We’re tracking rain potential for the latter portion of next week.
By The Associated Press and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press
Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane.
As Hurricane Idalia gets closer to landfall and with many people along the Florida Big Bend evacuating or in the process of doing so, farmers and livestock owners have a safehaven option available for their animals here in Alabama.
The system could impact weather in parts of Alabama and Georgia, including the Dothan area. The system blossomed Saturday off the Yucatan Peninsula, as has been anticipated.
They give a 50 percent chance that an area of disorganized weather in the Gulf of Mexico will get its act together and become a tropical storm this week.
A six-person crew from Wiregrass Electric Cooperative departed headquarters at sundown Thursday and headed to Central Florida to assist in repairing power outages caused by Hurricane Ian.
Ian is forecast to bring devastating effects to much of Florida and South Georgia. Tens of thousands are expected to leave their homes and seek shelter out of the storm’s path.
The 2021 hurricane season was active from the start, kicking off May 22nd. Over the course of the year, we saw twenty-one named storms, seven of which strengthened into hurricanes.
We’ve all seen the devastation left behind. The people who live there, their families, and businesses have a long road to recovery ahead of them. Now, it’s time for the Gray Television family to help ‘Lift Up Louisiana’.
Ida is among the strongest hurricanes on record to make landfall in Louisiana, with its maximum sustained winds of 150 mph at landfall matching those of Laura (2020) and the ‘Last Island’ hurricane of 1856.
Bowls and buckets now collect the rainwater from Nicholas, wet spots made way for mold, and despite repeated calls to agencies, adjusters, contractors, and charities, Baughman says help has yet to arrive.
It was reported that more than 22,000 power poles were damaged during the storm, and Wylie said it’s been a little more challenging in some areas to restore energy.
Mayor Latoya Cantrell and members of her emergency response team held a Labor Day press conference to discuss ongoing response efforts eight days after Ida devastated southeast Louisiana.
Alabama’s Emergency Operations Center has been open and busy all weekend, watching Hurricane Ida’s landfall in Louisiana and preparing for what it could bring to our state.
On the night of August 17-18, 1969, South Mississippi took a direct hit from one of the most intense hurricanes on record to ever strike the United States.
