Tag: weather
Kay Ivey declares state of emergency ahead of winter storm
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey issued a state of emergency ahead of a winter storm expected to bring snow and hazardous driving conditions to a...
‘Significant damage’ in Alabama after storms pummel Southeast
Severe storms pummeled the Yellowhammer State on Monday leaving destruction in its wake.
After the night of violent weather, Alabama Power Co. confirmed more than 15,000 were...
ALDOT actively responds to winter weather statewide
The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) has crews responding across all areas of the state experiencing winter weather today due to Winter Storm Benji. Roadway...
Alabama cities break records for Christmas Day temperatures
Forecasters say that several Alabama cities set record high temperatures on Christmas Day.
Al.com reports that one of the state's warmest readings was in Montgomery,...
Rain brings short-term relief, didn’t end Alabama drought
Meteorologists say storms that dumped as much as 5 inches of rain on Alabama didn’t end the drought.
The heaviest rains fell near the middle of the...
As Democratic convention nears, excessive heat settles in
As thousands of delegates arrive in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention, it's not just politics they have to contend with — it's also...
State sales tax holiday exempts weather preparedness items
In the wake of tornado warnings and watches that have flashed across the state map over the past few weeks, Alabamians in several municipalities...
Daniel Sutter: The U.S. hurricane drought
Last weekend marked ten years since Hurricane Wilma struck Florida as a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale. Wilma was the...
Daniel Sutter: I prefer studying tornadoes at a distance
I have conducted research on tornadoes for fifteen years. As an economist, I do not study the storms themselves, but rather the impacts of...