A tree is down on the campus of Alabama State University after today’s storms. A quick-moving line of storms brought down trees and power lines in various spots in Montgomery and elsewhere. Early this afternoon, Alabama Power reported more than 18,000 of its customers were without electricity in Central Alabama. Power was out to the Alabama News Network studios on…
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones (D-Alabama) has announced he has hired former Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks as his Regional Director for the Middle District of Alabama, which includes Montgomery and Dothan. “Ron has a long record of distinguished service to Alabama, and I know he’ll be an invaluable asset to my team,” Jones said in a statement….
University of Alabama trustees have voted to return a record $26.5 million to a donor who called for a boycott after the state passed a hardline anti-abortion law. Real estate investor and lawyer Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr. says he has no doubt this is about his abortion remarks. But university officials say the dispute has to do with his attempts…
In Alabama, hurricane preparations start long before a storm enters the Gulf of Mexico. Emergency officials have a response plan in place months before a hurricane season starts. The governor and the Alabama Emergency Management Agency routinely go through their hurricane response plan at the state EMA headquarters in Clanton. From the Alabama EMA, county EMAs from the coastal areas…
When severe weather threatens, we are often told to seek shelter if we’re in a mobile home or in a flood-prone area. But Alabama News Network found out that sometimes, shelters are hard to find. In emergencies, some people don’t know where to go, or if a shelter is open for them. Other people have to drive up to 20…
When most of us think of hurricanes, we think first of high winds. But flooding is also a threat, even far inland. When people don’t take the flooding threat seriously, lives and property can be lost. That’s why we should understand the amount of rain that hurricanes can bring, especially the storms that will stall out for several days in…
Hurricanes don’t just bring danger and damage to the coast. Montgomery has felt the impact of Hurricane Opal in 1995, Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and from many other storms — even tropical storms that have dumped rain over Central Alabama. All of us need to be ready for power outages, flooding and other impacts that hurricanes can bring, even hundreds…
Hurricane Michael will forever be remembered on the Gulf Coast. The Category 5 hurricane hit the Panama City, Florida, area in October 2018, bringing devastation that was experienced far inland, including in Alabama. Here is a look at what we’ve learned from that storm, from Alabama News Network Weather Authority Meteorologist Ben Lang. Categories: Safe From the Storm Tags: 2018…
For today, tomorrow, and Sunday, expect mainly cloudy conditions with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms all three days. Highs will range from the upper 70s to lower and mid 80s each day, and it will remain quite muggy. Now it is not going to rain all the time over the weekend and there will be some decent breaks in…
