One catastrophic day of weather can lead to improved preparedness, according to new research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham recently published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. According to the National Weather Service, 62 confirmed …
Residents of several Alabama communities ravaged by last year’s tornadoes are completing storm shelters with some help from federal money. The Florence TimesDaily reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved 100 individual shelters for Franklin County with the promise …
Two Alabama residents are charged with lying to a federal agency to get disaster aid after last year’s deadly tornado outbreak. U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance says Angela Michelle Anderson of Tuscaloosa and Donnie Lee Burleson of Hackleburg were indicted …
Alabama residents can sign up for a new, free system that will send severe weather alerts through email, phone calls and text messaging. The system was introduced Wednesday in Huntsville by Gov. Robert Bentley and other leaders. It was developed …