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CoreLogic: Southeast Tornado Outbreak Affected Nearly 10K Homes

Nearly 10,000 homes were impacted by tornado damage that occurred across Alabama and Georgia last week, according to data from catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic. The March 25 deadly tornado outbreak occurred thanks to prime weather conditions that produced what is …

Tornado Outbreak from ‘Super Cell’ Storms Cause Damage Across Deep South

Tornadoes and severe storms tore through the Deep South, killing at least five people as strong winds splintered trees, wrecked homes and downed power lines. Multiple twisters sprang from a “super cell” of storms that rolled over western Georgia early …

Officials Assess Damage from Tornado Touchdown in Alabama

Weather officials say they’re still assessing the effects of a tornado that touched down in Alabama over the weekend. The National Weather Service said Monday that a storm survey team had found preliminary evidence of a tornado that touched down …

Alabama Neighborhood Slammed by Twister During Virus Quarantine

An apparent tornado slammed into an Alabama neighborhood, shattering more than a dozen homes Tuesday while people were hunkered down inside because of the coronavirus outbreak, as storms caused damage from Mississippi to Georgia. Near the Alabama-Georgia line in Eufaula, …

Suspected Tornado Causes Damage Along Mississippi-Alabama Line

Teresa Hazelwood stopped by a Dollar General store in northern Mississippi to get some chips, and soon found herself riding out a suspected tornado in the parking lot and felt it lifting her car. She gripped the steering wheel and …

Alabama School District Closes School Damaged by EF-2 Tornado

A north Alabama school district is closing some of its schools this week after a tornado caused heavy damage at an elementary school, the superintendent said. A twister that forecasters determined was an EF-2 with winds up to 120 mph …

Tornado Warning Sirens Failed to Sound Before Deadly Alabama Twister

Warning sirens failed to sound before a tornado struck a north Alabama community last week, killing two people, but officials said it probably wouldn’t have mattered even if they had. The area where an EF-2 tornado hit near Town Creek …

Alabama Town Picks Up the Pieces After EF-2 Tornado

Daylight broke Tuesday (Dec. 18) on Colbert Heights mountain in Alabama to reveal the damage and destruction that a late Monday afternoon tornado left in its wake. Some work crews even beat the daylight to the area as the parking …

More Tornadoes Hit Southeast, Cause Damage in Kentucky, Alabama

The National Weather Service has confirmed at least six tornados hit Alabama on Thursday. The National Weather Service in Birmingham on Saturday posted ongoing damage survey reports. The number of confirmed tornados could increase as survey crews finish reviewing suspected …

Trump Visits Alabama to Survey Damage from Powerful Tornado

Standing near the slab that’s all that is left of one family’s garage, President Donald Trump on Friday surveyed the devastation wrought by a powerful tornado that ripped through a rural Alabama town, uprooting trees, tearing homes from their foundations …