WAVERLY — Gregory Stringfield’s chest tightened as he described the phone call from his mother confirming the dead, and the worst moment of his life, which followed. He put his hand over his heart, willing it to keep beating, as he recalled coming to his sister’s hospital bedside with the news that her toddler son…
Mobile home “cut in half” during apparent tornado, four people dead
Rehobeth, AL (WTVY)- Four people died Monday night when two trees toppled onto a house in southern Houston County during an apparent tornado. Three others in the home escaped without injury. “It is a very dangerous scene. One of the trees cut the trailer in half,” said Houston County Emergency Management Director Chris Judah. He…
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…