Southeast storms 2019 News

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 …

4 Dead After Storms Leave ‘Trail of Destruction’ Across the South

A swarm of tornadoes and storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen more and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their …

Pre-Thanksgiving Tornadoes Strike Parts of Mississippi

Residents in northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi were cutting up fallen pine trees and assessing damage Wednesday after tornadoes hit the region. Officials in Mississippi said eight to 10 houses were damaged in Star, a fringe suburb southeast of Jackson. …

Severe Halloween Storms Cause Tornado, Kill 1 in Tennessee

Officials say severe storms that moved through Tennessee on Halloween knocking down trees and power lines led to the death of a man. The Knoxville Police Department tweeted on Friday that 79-year-old George Walker was pronounced dead late Thursday, hours …

More Than 60 Rescued from Flooding after Heavy Rains in Alabama

Mobile, Ala., firefighters staged more than 60 water rescues after heavy rains prompted flooding across the city. Storms that dumped more than 7 inches of rain across Mobile in a few hours left streets and parking lots covered with water …

Dorian’s ‘Final Act’ Could Be a Tough 24-Hour Run Through the Carolinas

Sep 5, 2019, 9:58 AM – Hurricane Dorian will strafe the North Carolina coast by Thursday night, and could make landfall in the state with 115 mile-per-hour winds and an 8-foot storm surge. Located about 70 miles (113 kilometers) from …

CoreLogic: More Than 600K Homes in Carolinas Could Be At Risk from Dorian

The wrath of Hurricane Dorian isn’t over yet and many more communities in its path are at risk and are bracing for the storm after it demolished the Bahamas earlier this week. The extremely slow-moving hurricane is finally reaching the …

U.S. Cotton, Peanuts at Risk as Hurricane Makes Northward Turn

With Florida orange groves seemingly escaping major damage from Hurricane Dorian, concern now turns to soy, corn and cotton fields as well as livestock in Georgia and the Carolinas as the hurricane churns northward. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared …

Hurricane Dorian Means 4th Evacuation in 4 Years for Many Southeast Residents

It’s become a hurricane-season ritual in the Southeast: When a storm threatens, coastal residents board up homes, load up SUVs and fill highways where the traffic lanes are reversed to offer a speedy escape inland. For some people, Hurricane Dorian …