Fishing Rodeo on Dauphin Island to Proceed Despite Gulf Storm Threat
Organizers of the 89th Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo confirmed the tournament will go on as planned, even as forecasters watched an area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of…
Mobile and Baldwin Counties Log First Heat Advisory of 2022, With More Expected
Summer arrived with force across the Alabama Gulf Coast, as Mobile and Baldwin counties recorded their first heat advisory day of 2022, and forecasters expected more to follow through the…
80-Plus Acres Charred as Mobile County Brush Fire Smolders Near Homes
Firefighters spent two days battling a woods fire in west Mobile County that scorched an estimated 80 to 90 acres and crept within 200 yards of the nearest home, a…
Storms Wipe Out the Dawes Christmas Parade as Baker High Band Announces Cancellation
West Mobile’s holiday calendar took a hit Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, when the Dawes Christmas Parade was canceled due to weather. The Baker High School band program broke the news…
Lightning Blasts Bark Clean Off a Tree in Turnerville — and a Reader Caught It on Video
Strong storms swept across the Gulf Coast Friday evening, leaving the usual trail of downed limbs and scattered power outages, but one piece of damage in Turnerville in western Mobile…
Saraland residents line up for sandbags after last year’s flooding brought a snake indoors
Cars moved in a steady stream through the Saraland Public Works Department as residents loaded sandbags ahead of the region’s first significant tropical weather of the season, with several saying…
Emergency officials across the coast prepare for severe weather threat
CLARKE COUNTY, Ala. — With a heightened risk of severe weather forecast this week, emergency management agencies across the Gulf Coast are urging residents to prepare now, and the warnings…
Accurate or Precise? A Mobile Meteorologist Breaks Down What Your Weather App Isn’t Telling You
A local meteorologist breaks down why accuracy and precision aren't the same thing in weather forecasting, using Mobile's own temperature and rainfall data, plus everyday examples like gas prices, to…
Mobile County closes government offices after Hurricane Zeta, keeps absentee office open
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…
Afternoon Thunderstorms Cut Power to Thousands Across Mobile County
Severe thunderstorms that rolled through the Mobile area on the afternoon of June 24, 2020, left thousands of Alabama Power customers without electricity before crews brought most of the outages…