A catastrophe report has found that the US re/insurance sector is on the hook for more than half of the total economic loss in April resulting from severe convective weather such as thunderstorms and tornados.
Tornado warnings were issued for many Alabama counties earlier Sunday afternoon. Though the National Weather Service hasn’t confirmed any tornadoes at this time, there are reports of storm damage rolling in.
The National Hurricane Center is making changes to its “cone of uncertainty” based on an improving forecast record. The cone is designed to show people where the center of a storm is likely to head.
While coastal development and climate change are increasing the risk of flooding for communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast, restoration of marshes and oyster reefs are among the most cost-effective solutions for reducing those risks, according to a new study.
Monday night’s severe storms did major damage at Mitch Smith Chevrolet in Cullman as baseball-sized hail severely damaged 380 new vehicles. Security camera video shows the large hail taking out car windows and exploding as it hits the pavement.
For those looking for rental vehicles because of Monday’s tornado damage in the region, the choices are slim to none, according to local car rental agencies. “This is the worst storm-related rush for cars I’ve seen since I started here in 1989,” said Lori Merrell, rental manager of Hertz in Decatur.
National Weather Service storm survey teams are out in the field again today surveying damage from Monday’s severe storms. The weather service offices in both Huntsville and Birmingham sent out multiple teams on Tuesday as well and have been able to confirm at least 13 tornadoes in Alabama so far.
Severe weather ravaged the Southeast on Monday night, leaving behind widespread damage, thousands without power and at least one reported death.<br />The line of storms blew through Alabama first, spawning at least one confirmed tornado that slammed Jacksonville State University and the area around it.
A bus carrying dozens of Texas high school band members home from a trip to Disney World plunged into a ravine off of an interstate highway in Alabama on Tuesday, killing its driver and injuring several others, authorities said.
A new storm is expected to bring additional weather misery this week to areas struggling to recover from a relentless series of weekend storms and tornadoes.
A Mobile County Public School System caught fire Monday afternoon in Grand Bay. According to Grand Bay Fire, all students were safely evacuated from the bus.
A brazen theft of an ATM was caught on camera in Alabama Tuesday. Surveillance video from the scene at a Givorns Foods shows a white truck with a Georgia license plate crashing through the storefront.
A Russell County Circuit Court jury returned a $7.5 million verdict late Wednesday against retail giant Walmart at its Phenix City store.<br />In July 2015, Henry Walker, a retired Army sergeant, was purchasing a watermelon at the store when his foot got caught in the wooden pallet and he fell, breaking his foot and hip, according to court testimony.
The relentless hurricane season is keeping Bloomington-based insurers busy. With seven weeks to go, the 2017 hurricane season is already the third most active on record.
The mayor of New Orleans late Thursday declared a state of emergency for the city ahead of Tropical Storm Nate, which has already been blamed for 22 deaths in Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
