What the Tech? Do You Need a Solar Powered Generator?
Should you get a solar-power generator for power outages or gameday tailgate parties?
ACTION 8 WEATHER AUTHORITY: Power outage reports
Here are the latest power outage numbers in our area.
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Overnight storms leave tens of thousands without power in our area
Alabama Power says tens of thousands of its customers in our area, and more than 100,000 statewide, woke up without power Sunday morning.
HURRICANE HELENE: 100+ dead across the South; hundreds reported missing
Hurricane Helene has killed more than 100 people across Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia after making landfall as a Category 4 storm late Thursday night.
Alexander City Schools, CACC closed Friday due to storm damage, power outages
A strong storm has led to power outages in Alexander City and forced some schools to close.
Strong storm leaves behind damage, power outages in Selma
It was a stormy weekend for some folks in our area, including those in and around Selma.
UPDATE: Alabama Power says service has been restored to more customers
Alabama Power says the continuing waves of severe weather are hampering its efforts at restoring electricity to its customers in our area.
Alabama Power: Over 30,000 Customers Without Power Statewide
Of those 32,000, there are approximately 1,000 customers in our area without service.
PHOTO GALLERY: Ida Leaves People Trapped in Louisiana, Power Grid in Shambles
A fearsome Hurricane Ida has left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued, while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a wide swath of the state in the sweltering, late-summer heat.
Update: Power Restored to Majority of Macon County
Most of the power has now been restored to Macon County, according to the county’s Emergency Management Agency Director Frank Lee.
