In this image taken from video, emergency personnel survey the damage from toppled trees in this Greenville, Miss., neighborhood, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, as severe storms swept across parts of the U.S. South. The storms are blamed for a number of deaths, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain battered a large area of the South. (Faith Alford/WABG via AP)…
Multiple reports of fallen trees had crews working hard in Butler County, after Saturday’s storms swept through the area. Just off Luverne Highway on the outskirts of Greenville, the winds and rain caused about six trees to fall onto one home. Greenville Police Chief Justin Lovvorn confirmed no injuries were reported from the family living inside. A neighbor told Alabama…
HOUSTON (AP) – Authorities blame severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and into the Midwest for the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders. High winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain have battered large swaths of the country. Officials say a police officer and a firefighter in Lubbock, Texas, were killed Saturday after being hit…
Crews in Autauga County are cleaning up what’s left of about 20 trees that fell during the severe storms that hit this afternoon. At Deer Run Drive and Pine Ridge Road, a tree estimated to be 75-100 feet tall was uprooted. Luckily, it fell toward the road and not onto someone’s home. Crews had been dispatched ahead of the line…
Alabama News Network was on the scene of a house fire in Montgomery County this afternoon. The sheriff’s office says lightning from the severe storms is what likely caused it. The fire was at a home on Hobbie Road in the Snowdoun community in south Montgomery County. A mother and her 16-year-old son had been watching storm coverage when the…
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A two-vehicle crash just after 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, has claimed the life of two LaGrange, Ga., men. Donald Wayne Grantham, 59, was killed when the 1994 Isuzu Rodeo he was driving was struck by a 1997 Buick Century, before leaving the roadway and overturning. Grantham was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger, Roland Lee Ridenour, 69,…
Three people have been confirmed dead in Pickens County due to severe weather. Birmingham news outlets report the identities of the victims have been released. Tyrone Spain, 51, Albert Barnett, 85, and his wife, Susan Barnett, 75, were killed after a tornado touched down in Pickens County. Birmingham TV station ABC 33/40 says at least two of the deaths happened…
Authorities say at least four people have died after severe storms swept across parts of the U.S. South. Three people were killed in Louisiana, including an elderly couple found near their trailer home Saturday by firefighters. In Texas, one person died when a car flipped into a creek. Tornadoes have destroyed homes in Arkansas and Missouri and also caused damage…
The severe weather threat we are facing brings back painful memories for many people in Wetumpka. It was January 19, 2019 that an EF-2 tornado hit near downtown with winds of up to 135 mph. People in Wetumpka know all too well that tornado season doesn’t take a break during the winter months. “Looking back almost a year ago, the…
