Mobile and Baldwin County News
Pirates Cove in Josephine held its 20th annual High Hopes for Autism FUNraiser days after Tropical Storm Bertha, raising funds for autism therapy services.
Mobile County shut down its main government buildings the day after Hurricane Zeta swept across the area, but kept one office running on a normal schedule because of a hard…
Baldwin County Public Schools ran all 310 bus routes ahead of Wednesday's return to class, clearing storm debris and setting up designated stops in hard-hit areas like Spanish Fort's Saluda…
If Hurricane Sally makes landfall in Alabama on Wednesday, it will arrive 16 years to the day after the last hurricane to strike the state. Hurricane Ivan came ashore in…
After Hurricane Frederic, the residents of Dauphin Island were met by pure devastation. Those who left the island couldn’t get back, and those who rode out the storm on the…
Hurricane Frederic in 1979 derailed Jeff Collier's college plans, keeping him on Dauphin Island and eventually leading him to become its longtime mayor.
A newly formed FEMA cut its teeth on Hurricane Frederic in 1979, learning lessons in coastal Alabama that still guide disaster response nationwide today.
Mike Thierry recalls riding out Hurricane Frederic aboard his boat, then running Dauphin Island's makeshift passenger ferry service for months afterward.