Updated: 11:13 AM CST Jan 30, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Many communities in central Alabama are banding together to show support for victims of the fatal tornado in northeastern Jefferson County late Monday night.(Video above: Members of Gardendale First Baptist Church set up area to feed tornado victims)An EF-3 tornado, with peak winds of up to 150 mph, ravaged through Fultondale and Center Point around 10:30 p.m. killing one person, injuring dozens more and leaving behind mass destruction and devastation.WVTM 13 has put together a list of ways you can help! Check them out below.DONATION DRIVESThe City of Hoover is collecting the following items for tornado victims:Tarps, hygiene products, feminine hygiene products, diapers and wipes, adult diapers and bed pads, socks (multiple sizes), Ensure, formula, pet food, cleaning supplies, trash bags, work gloves, Gatorade, cases of water, protein bars, pillows and blankets, laundry detergent, plastic totes, gallon size p
FORECAST FOR THE REST OF YOUR WEDNESDAY
Radar just after 11:00 am shows that nearly all of North/Central Alabama had dried out with the only exception being the extreme northwest corner of the area where a few very light showers are showing up. We still have partly to mostly cloudy skies and those clouds will hang around through the rest of the day. Temperatures were in the lower 50s to the lower 60s across the area. Montgomery was the warm spot at 60 degrees while Haleyville was the cool spot in Central Alabama at 52 degrees. Birmingham was at 58 degrees.
The latest HRRR is showing that we may have more showers form over the northern parts of the area during the afternoon mainly north of the I-20 corridor, but those will quickly move out of the area and we’ll be dry by the early evening. Daytime highs will top out in the lower 50s to the mid-60s across the area from northwest to southeast. After those showers move out this evening, skies will remain partly to mostly cloudy, and
Alabama tornado kills 1, critically injures others: ‘Like a bomb went off’ (photos)
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
A reported tornado ripped through Fultondale, Alabama, on Monday night, killing one person, critically injuring several others and leaving a path of destruction in its wake.
Fultondale Mayor Larry Holcomb said the storm - which hit the northern Jefferson County city about 10:30 p.m. - cut a quarter mile wide swath after touching down near Interstate 65.
It moved northeast toward Fultondale High School where there is substantial damage. Multiple businesses - such as Hurst Towing and the Hampton Inn were destroyed, as well as most everything in between.
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Tornado leaves one dead, several injured in Alabama
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26/01/2021 - 12:41 2 min
Washington (AFP)
A tornado killed one person and left several people critically injured in Alabama, US media said Tuesday.
The storm, which hit the town of Fultondale in Jefferson County late Monday, caused significant damage, the National Weather Service (NWS) tweeted.
One person has died and at least five people have been hospitalized with critical injuries, Fultondale Police Chief D.P. Smith told local news media AL.com. It looks like a bomb went off, local pastor s son Sam Moerbe, 18, told the outlet.
Smith said he understood that the individual died after a tree collapsed on their home as they sheltered in the basement.