‘It Doesn’t Make Sense’: Mobile Residents Cope With Blistering Heat Wave
As a dangerous heat wave grips the Gulf Coast, Mobile residents describe scorching conditions and share how they're trying to stay cool.
Baldwin County Opens Foley Cooling Center as Dangerous Heat Grips Coast
Baldwin County is opening a cooling center in Foley Monday and Tuesday as a heat advisory and excessive heat watch bring dangerous conditions to the coast.
Bertha Weakens, But Dangerous Heat Takes Its Place Across South Alabama
Tropical Storm Bertha is weakening as it heads toward Texas, but South Alabama still faces high surf, coastal flooding and rip currents through Thursday before dangerous heat takes over the…
Summer Heat Tightens Its Grip Along the Gulf Coast as Rain Chances Fade
South Alabama is sliding back into a classic summertime pattern this week, with drier air moving in and afternoon temperatures climbing right along with it. Forecasters say most communities across…
Heat Advisory Kicks Off the Week for Mobile as Index Values Top 105 Degrees
South Alabama opened the work week under a heat advisory as searing temperatures and oppressive humidity pushed the heat index well past the danger threshold across the Mobile area. Actual…
Excessive Heat Warnings Grip South Alabama as Dangerous Heat Dome Lingers
A stubborn heat dome is keeping South Alabama under excessive heat warnings, with heat index values approaching 115 degrees, though forecasters expect relief and a return to a normal summer…
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…
Mobile Braces for Scorching Heat Before Dramatic Cooldown
South Alabama swung from a heat index above 105 degrees to lows near 66 within days as a rare late-summer cold front moved through the Gulf Coast.