ELMORE COUNTY: Open when GREEN Shoal Creek Baptist Church Elmore County Courthouse – Downtown Tallassee City Hall First Presbyterian Church Redland Baptist Church Tallassee Police Department Deatsville Volunteer Fire Department Town of Elmore Fire Station 2 Town of Elmore – Penny Parkway Town of Elmore – 1245 AL Hwy 143 Millbrook Baptist First Baptist Church – Eclectic Eclectic Police Station…
Dallas County EMA Director Toya Stiles has announced a list of storm shelters opening across the county. Burnsville (behind Fire Station) 8609 Alabama Highway 14 E, Selma, AL 36703 Orrville (behind Keith High School) 1274 Co Rd 115, Orrville, AL 36767 City Shelter: 1609 JL Chestnut Ave, Selma, AL Tipton (Jim Minor Garden Homes) 2534 Brown Street, Selma, AL 36701 Valley…
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) – A new research project getting under way around Tuscaloosa aims to document how people react to severe weather. The University of Alabama says research sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Severe Storms Laboratory is meant to help improve understanding of what happens in a home when bad weather is threatening. Students…
When severe weather hits, you’re told to get to your safe place. If you live in a mobile home that could mean getting out and moving to a safer, more sturdy building, but what if there are no shelters close to where you live? An Alabama News Network I-Team Extra found some parts of our viewing area with no shelters…
Today officials and EMA managers from around the River Region came together for an emergency preparedness fair. Officials say that the number one item that you need to have is a NOAA weather radio, and an APP like the Alabama News Network Weather App. An emergency plan will increase chances of survival during an emergency. Items like flashlights, whistles, a…
Churches across the area are making preparations for the severe weather threat on Sunday. Alabama News Network and emergency agencies have been urging churches to have a NOAA weather radio and a plan to get people to safety, especially because Palm Sunday services will likely be crowded with people. New Home Baptist Church in Montgomery is ready. The church’s fitness…
Julie Morrison is thankful to be alive after surviving a tornado that destroyed her on Lee County Road 63. She was home with her husband when the storm hit. “He saw debris flying, he said here it comes, get to the tub, and so that’s where I went,” Morrison explained. Her home was destroyed, it’s contents littered across their land. …
According to the Autauga County Emergency Management Agency, crews working as quickly as possible to repair the county’s Tornado warning system. As a result, the county currently has no warning system and does not have an estimate on when the repairs will be completed. Stay will Alabama News Network for the updates to the story and also download the ANN…
The National Weather Service confirms at least three tornadoes in Alabama from Sunday storms, and is surveying other parts of southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. A storm with estimated winds of 80 mph (130 kph) overturned five recreational vehicles at the Anchors Aweigh RV Resort near Foley after 3 p.m. The storm, with a 1.6-mile (2.6-kilometer) path, was rated…
The state of Alabama is observing its annual sales tax holiday on severe weather preparedness items from February 23-25. This means certain equipment, gear and supplies will be exempt from the state’s 4% sales tax. Some counties and cities are dropping their local taxes as well, meaning shoppers in some areas won’t pay any sales tax on those items through…
