Fairhope Breaks Ground on $1.9 Million Hurricane Safe Room for First Responders
Fairhope has broken ground on a $1.9 million, FEMA-funded hurricane safe room on Pecan Avenue that will shelter more than 70 first responders during major storms.
Overnight Storms Cut Power to Tens of Thousands Across Baldwin and Mobile Counties
Overnight storms left nearly 26,300 Baldwin EMC customers, 106 Riviera Utilities customers and 61 Alabama Power customers without electricity across Baldwin and Mobile counties, with crews still assessing restoration timelines.
Damaged Pole Knocks Out Power For About 300 Montrose Customers
MONTROSE, Ala. — Roughly 300 electric customers in the Montrose area lost power Monday morning after a utility pole was damaged, according to Riviera Utilities. The utility confirmed the outage…
More Than 3,000 Midtown Mobile Customers Lose Power as Crews Work Repairs
MOBILE, Ala. — More than 3,000 Alabama Power customers in midtown Mobile were without electricity Tuesday morning, according to the utility’s online outage map, which estimated that repairs would wrap…
Alabama Power Expects 95% of Customers Back Online by End of Day Tuesday After Zeta
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power said Saturday it expected to have electricity restored to about 95 percent of the customers knocked offline by Hurricane Zeta by the end of the…
Alabama Power Reports 99% Restoration Complete After Hurricane Sally, Replacing Hundreds of Poles and Lines
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power reported Sunday that its restoration effort following Hurricane Sally had reached 99 percent, with crews having replaced more than 400 utility poles, more than 500…
Alabama Power Noon Update: About 21,000 Customers Still Without Electricity After Hurricane Sally
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power said Saturday that roughly 21,000 customers across its Mobile Division remained without electricity, a figure the utility described as less than 15 percent of the…
Alabama Power Preps for Sally’s Impact on South Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power said Sunday that it was preparing for Tropical Storm Sally and urged south Alabama residents to do the same, as the storm was expected to…
Alabama Power Restores Electricity to About 1,500 Theodore Customers After Equipment Failure
THEODORE, Ala. — Alabama Power crews restored electricity to roughly 1,500 customers in the Theodore area of Mobile County on the afternoon of August 5, 2020, after an equipment failure…
Alabama Power Reports 3,850 Customers Without Power as Storms Move Through Mobile County
MOBILE, Ala. — Alabama Power reported at 5 p.m. Wednesday that roughly 3,850 customers were without electricity as a line of storms moved through the Mobile area. Most of the…