‘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.
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…
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 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.
Gulf Shores Police K9 Dies After Being Left in Hot Patrol Car
K9 Officer Mason, a three-year-old community engagement dog, died of heat-related causes after being left inside a Gulf Shores patrol vehicle.