Author: Jay Reeves
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‘Huge rainmaker’: Hurricane Sally threatens historic floods
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. • Hurricane Sally drifted in a slow crawl Tuesday toward the northern Gulf Coast, threatening dangerous storm surge and relentless rainfall that forecasters warned could trigger historic flooding as the storm was expected to hover in the area long after coming ashore. “It’s going to be a huge rainmaker,” said Phil Klotzbach,…
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Storms tear through South amid pandemic; more than 30 dead
CHATSWORTH, Ga. • Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods and mudslides. In Alabama, people seeking shelter from tornadoes huddled in community shelters, protective masks covering…
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4 dead, several injured across South in outbreak of twisters
ALEXANDRIA, La. • A swarm of tornadoes and other storms that left a trail of destruction across the Southeast killed four people, injured at least a dozen and left victims to bundle up against the cold as they picked up pieces of their homes on Tuesday. The death toll rose to four after heavy overnight…
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Storms bring tornadoes, floods, power outages across the U.S.
ATLANTA • Potent thunderstorms have been blamed for one death and left more than 200,000 people without power across the southern United States — and fierce winds were expected to wallop parts of several states as new storms form Thursday, forecasters said. Fallen trees ripped down power lines and crashed into buildings along a line…
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Monster twister takes 10 relatives from 1 Alabama family
BEAUREGARD, Ala. — Cousins Cordarrly Jones and Demetria Jones have a hard time counting all the relatives they lost to a monster tornado that wiped out a rural community in Alabama. Their grandparents, 89-year-old Jimmy Jones and 83-year-old Mary Louise Jones, were killed in their home on a two-lane road where most everyone shares family…
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Florida: Authorities say 11 now dead from Hurricane Michael
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Linda Marquardt rode out Hurricane Michael with her husband at their home in Mexico Beach. When their house filled with surging ocean water, they fled upstairs. Now their home is full of mud and everywhere they look there’s utter devastation in their Florida Panhandle community: fishing boats tossed like toys, roofs…
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‘Changed Forever’: Florida Panhandle devastated by Michael
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews struggling to enter stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have stayed behind. At least three deaths were blamed on Michael, the…
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Michael leaves destruction in its wake
PANAMA CITY, Fla. • The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews struggling to enter stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may have stayed behind. At least three deaths were blamed on Michael, the most…
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Hurricane Michael slams into Florida, charges into Southeast
PANAMA CITY, Fla. • Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive charge inland across the Southeast. It was the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental U.S. in nearly 50 years and at least one death was reported during…
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Hurricane Michael slams into Florida, charges into Southeast
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle with terrifying winds of 155 mph Wednesday, splintering homes and submerging neighborhoods before continuing its destructive charge inland across the Southeast. It was the most powerful hurricane to hit the continental U.S. in nearly 50 years and at least one death was reported during…