Lee Price’s young son still gets nervous whenever a strong storm rolls in. A year ago, a tornado ripped through Price’s home on La Borde Lane in Pensacola. Winds in excess of 100 mph shattered his windows, battered down his doors, punched holes in his roof and tossed Price’s full-size pickup truck with the same…
‘I thought I’d just died and came back to life’: Tornado rocks New Orleans East residents
As the tornado bore down on the motel where he stays off Chef Menteur Highway near Wilson Road in New Orleans East, Malcolm Ballard said it rushed through “like a powerful force,” stripping roofs off motel rooms and slinging a trailer across the parking lot. Terrifying in its strength, Ballard said he saw the massive…
Albany tornado packed 150 mph winds, traveled 71 miles
ALBANY — Baker, Dougherty, Worth, Turner and Wilcox counties were slammed Jan. 22 by an EF3 tornado that packed 150 mph winds and traveled nearly 71 miles in a northeast direction, starting several miles north of Newton and ending up near Abbeville in Wilcox County, leaving a swath that was, in places, a mile and…
1 year later: Birmingham residents remember warm weather, Christmas Day tornadoes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — This time last year, people in Birmingham’s Hillman community were sifting through rubble of dilapidated homes on Jefferson Avenue Southwest. A Christmas Day tornado swept through the street, downing power lines and trees, destroying houses. A year later, Ruthie Green has repaired the damage to her home, but the fear remains,…
Tornado batters Ocoee community in Polk County
OCOEE, Tenn. — Families, volunteers and emergency responders continue to pick up the pieces in the wake of a storm that left two dead in the Ocoee community in Polk County early Wednesday morning. The National Weather Service confirmed a category EF-3 tornado, characterized by wind speeds of between 136 and 165 mph, struck the…
Midsouth Tornadoes: 5 Dead as November Twisters Rip Through Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
TULLAHOMA, TN — Unusual November tornadoes ripped through the Mid-South Tuesday and Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and killing five people in Alabama and Tennessee. The National Weather Service issued more than a half dozen tornado warnings Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning for parts of southern Tennessee and northern Alabama as a line of…