Articles by Jay Reeves

Louisiana’s Seafood Industry Struggling After Ida

Louisiana’s oyster farmers, crabbers, shrimpers and anglers are nothing if not adaptable, producing millions of pounds of seafood annually, often in water that was dry land a generation ago. They’ve fought off a devastating oil spill, floods, changing markets and …

Alabama Crash That Killed 10 Caused by Tractor-Trailer

A crash that killed 10 people, including nine children, on a rain-slicked Alabama interstate happened after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into vehicles that had slowed down because of minor crashes, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday. The National Highway …

Claudette Heads to Sea Leaving Wake of Damage Across Southeast

Claudette regained tropical storm status and headed out to sea from the North Carolina coast Monday, less than two days after the system killed 14 people in Alabama, including nine children who died in a highway crash. Eight of the …

Flood Threats Persist as Storms Continue to Drench the South

Relentless wind and rain continued to pummel much of the southeastern United States Wednesday, spawning tornadoes, sparking a flash flood emergency in Alabama and damaging homes from Texas to Virginia. The storms have prompted boat rescues and toppled trees and …

Pain, Loss Linger A Decade After Tornadoes Hammered 6 States Across South

For Tom Sanders, it’s the void left by the death of a cousin and the man’s wife, killed when a tornado mowed through a placid Alabama valley. To Markedia Wells, it’s the stolen innocence of her sons, who still get …

Storms Leave Trail of Damage Across Deep South

Update: 12:23 pm EST – Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi moved into Georgia and Florida on Thursday, rousing residents with early morning warnings as forecasters said the threat of dangerous weather would move …

Freezing Winter Storm Paralyzes Deep South; Thousands Without Power

Winter storms that dumped additional snow and ice on the Deep South plunged more than 300,000 homes and businesses into darkness early Thursday and left roads impassable across a wide area. While temperatures were expected to warm over the weekend, …

Governor Promises Help After Killer Tornado Devastates Alabama Town

James Scott has never lived anywhere other than a two-story house on hilly Darlene Drive north of Birmingham. Home will never be the same after a tornado smashed the structure into pieces, killed another teen and left the community devastated …

Alabama Eases Licensing Rules for Out-of-State Doctors as Virus Surges

Regulators have loosened rules to make it easier for out-of-state doctors to work in Alabama as the coronavirus pandemic both fills hospital beds and strains medical staff by sickening doctors and nurses, officials said Monday as the first doses of …

Hurricane Sally Adds to Mounting Losses in Historic Gulf Coast Storm Season

Hundreds of thousands of people were without power Friday along the Alabama coast and the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of Hurricane Sally as officials assessed millions of dollars in damage that included a broken bridge in Pensacola and ships …