The National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL has classified the April 14 tornado that damaged the Phenix City Wastewater Facility as an EF-0. Their report says it had an estimated peak wind of 85 mph, starting at 9:14 a.m. CDT. Learn more here.
Severe thunderstorms passed through the Chattahoochee Valley, knocking down trees and causing power outages. The Phenix City Wastewater Treatment Facility also reported heavy damage to a building at the facility. Here's a snapshot of the damages.
Hope Heroes partnered with the Georgia Storm Troopers Inc. to distribute nine living pods donated by Advanced Shelter Systems to residents of East Alabama who need shelter. They arrived in Columbus Friday and are being delivered by Raymond Chambless.
Georgia, Alabama towns are working to rebuild after tornadoes destroyed homes, churches and other properties. 23 people were killed in Beauregard and about 45 families are without homes in Smiths Station.
The Lee County, Alabama, sheriff and his officers relive the chaos they encountered after a tornado killed 23 people in Beauregard, Ala., and way everyone joined in the response.
The national media left. The cameras stopped rolling. Reporters stopped calling. But in Beauregard, the story isn't over. As the community rebuilds, what’s next for this Alabama town where 23 people were killed in a series of tornadoes March 3.
Two FEMA disaster recovery centers in Lee County, Alabama serving tornado victims will close March 30. The Smiths Station center is closing at 5 p.m. EDT and the center at Providence Baptist Church in Beauregard is closing at 7 p.m. CDT.
Charlene White of Macon GA, walking on Jeffersonville Road late Monday night in the rain when struck by a pickup and died in the Emergency Room of the Medical Center, Navicent Health.
Two weeks after a tornado ripped two sons from his arms, leaving one dead and the other injured, Charles Steven Griffin tried to return to the place where his mobile home once stood in Beauregard. That’s when he was arrested at a security checkpoint.
Charles Griffin, father of A.J. Hernandez, the youngest of the Beauregard tornado’s 23 victims, recalls being arrested at a checkpoint two weeks after the March 3 storm.
Piedmont Columbus Midtown received more than 20 patients as a result of the March 3, 2019, tornados. They treated patients with conditions ranging from lacerations, broken bones, respiratory distress, and head injuries to critical injuries.
Justin’s Barber Shoppe, 3791 B Opelika Road, Phenix City, is hosting its second annual Back the Blue event, offering free haircuts to first responders, law enforcement, EMS, and fire departments. Call Justin's at (334) 560-6905 for more information.
Piedmont Columbus Midtown received more than 20 patients as a result of the March 3, 2019 tornado outbreak. They treated patients with conditions ranging from lacerations, broken bones, respiratory distress, and head injuries to critical injuries.
State and local leaders in Alabama warn residents with storm damage from the March 3, 2019, tornado to watch for cleanup scams from unlicensed contractors.
The Verge Church, partners and volunteers came together for a Fill The Truck event with the goal of filling a moving truck with supplies for victims of the tornado outbreak that devastated Lee County, Ala.
23 people were killed in the tornado that raked across Lee County, Alabama, destroying homes and toppling trees. The National Weather Service estimates at least 38 tornadoes touched down, 12 of those in Alabama.
A car crashed into a guard rail just in front of President Trump’s motorcade on March 8 at Opelika, Alabama. The crash happened in front of Terri Neighbors and a group of neighbors who were waiting to film the presidential motorcade as it passed by.
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived at Lawson Army Airfield at Ft. Benning, GA, before quickly getting on a helicopter to head to Lee County, Alabama to survey storm damage.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham, AL has classified the April 14 tornado that damaged the Phenix City Wastewater Facility as an EF-0. Their report says it had an estimated peak wind of 85 mph, starting at 9:14 a.m. CDT. Learn more here.
