Alabama

Study says warming-fuelled killer tornados to hit South of US more often

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently in the more populous Southern states, like Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The supercell storm that devastated Rolling Fork, Mississippi is a single event that can't be connected to climate change. But it fits that projected and more dangerous pattern, including more nighttime strikes in a southern region with more people, poverty and vulnerable housing than where storms hit last century. And the season will start a month earlier than it used to. The study in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society predicts a nationwide 6.6 per cent increase in supercells and a 25.8 per cent jump in the area and time the strongest supercells twist and tear over land under a scenario of moderate levels of future warming by the end of the century. But in certain areas in the South the ...

As tornadoes hit Alabama, survivors hid in tubs, shipping containers

An Alabama engine mechanic took refuge in a shipping container as a tornado from a violent storm decimated his shop and killed two of his neighbours along its destructive path across Alabama and Georgia. The harrowing stories of David Hollon and other survivors of Thursday's storm are emerging as residents comb through the wreckage wrought by tornados and blistering winds that have led to the deaths of at least nine people. In Alabama's rural Autauga County, where at least seven people have died, Hollon and his workers saw a massive tornado churning toward them. They needed to get to shelter immediately. Hollon said they ran into a metal shipping container near the back of his garage because the container had been anchored to the floor with concrete. Once inside, Hollon began frantically dialling his neighbour on the phone. But as they heard the garage being ripped apart by the storm, the call kept going to voicemail. The storm passed and they emerged, only to find the body of his

Powerful storms slam central Alabama; at least 6 killed, 12 injured

Officials estimate that 40 to 50 homes were damaged or destroyed by storms that cut a strip across the county

Large tornado damages buildings, uproots trees in Selma, Alabama in US

A large tornado damaged homes and uprooted trees in Alabama on Thursday as a powerful storm system pushed through the South

Child with cigarette, lighter may have started deadly fire in south Alabama

Authorities believe a child playing with a cigarette lighter started a mobile home fire in south Alabama that killed the young boy and a sibling, the sheriff's office investigating the fire said Monday. Investigators found the butane lighter next to a mattress that caught fire in the children's bedroom, the Mobile County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. It said preliminary autopsy results indicate smoke inhalation and burns killed 4-year-old Liam Barnes and 2-year-old Noah Gordon when their home burned last Thursday in Irvington, southwest of Mobile. Sheriff's investigators said the children's mother was next door visiting a neighbor when she saw smoke pouring from her home. Kali Sherman rushed inside the burning mobile home and rescued her 10-month-old son from his crib, but couldn't save the other two. Smoke detectors inside the mobile home near the children's bedroom weren't working, according to the sheriff's office. It said investigators consulted with local prosecutor

Hyundai says it has 'no evidence' of child labour at Alabama unit

Smart Alabama LLC, a wholly owned unit of the Korean automaker, employed immigrant workers as young as 12, Reuters reported Friday, citing family members of three underage workers

US Senate elections: Trump endorsement flip scrambles Alabama race

Republican Senate candidate Mo Brooks was hailed by organisers of the Jan 6, 2021, rally in Washington for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election and keep Donald Trump in power

1 dead and two injured in Alabama church shooting, suspect arrested: Police

A shooting at a church in a suburb of one of Alabama's major cities has left one person dead and two others wounded, police said, adding a suspect was quickly taken into custody

Former US prez Trump endorses Katie Britt in Alabama Senate race

US Donald Trump endorsed Katie Britt in an Alabama US Senate race, doubling down on the former president's decision to spurn his previous choice in the Republican primary

US's first remote air traffic control centre to be built in Alabama

A company is seeking to build the country's first-ever remote air traffic control centre, which could handle traffic for multiple airports, on the site of an old Air Force base in Alabama

World War II veteran in US beats Covid-19, marks 104th birthday

The Alabama man spent World War II repairing bomb-damaged trains in France.

US has a holiday weekend worry: Record surge in coronavirus cases

The US has more than 2.8 million confirmed cases about a quarter of worldwide infections, according to tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.

Alabama senate passes toughest 'no exception' abortion ban bill in US

Doctors who perform the procedure with have to face lifetime in prison

Tornado kills 22, injures several others in US' southeast Alabama

Numerous tornado warnings were posted across parts of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina on Sunday

6 shot, 1 fatally, after peace rally in Alabama: Police

Police say the shootings took place about an after a peace rally ended in the community's Lewis Park