Jay Reeves April 27, 2021 - 5:45 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - With lowered flags and sombre ceremonies, Alabama will pause Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of a horrific tornado outbreak that killed more than 250 people statewide, caused billions in damage and reshaped entire communities.
Gov. Kay Ivey issued an order for flags statewide to be lowered to half-staff and proclaimed a âDay of Remembranceâ for a âhorrible event that has impacted the state of Alabama forever.â
In Tuscaloosa, where dozens were killed and entire neighbourhoods were demolished, three new memorial plaques will be dedicated during ceremonies to honour victims and recall the horrors of April 27, 2011. The University of Alabama will toll its 25-bell carillon, Denny Chimes, 53 times to honour each of the people who died in the city.
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Pain, Loss Linger a Decade After Tornadoes Hammered Six States April 27, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) For Tom Sanders, it’s the void left by the death of a cousin and the man’s wife, killed when a tornado mowed through a placid Alabama valley. To Markedia Wells, it’s the stolen innocence of her sons, who still get nervous anytime it starts raining. Darryl Colburn laments a lost way of life in his hometown, which was all but leveled in seconds.
Waves of tornadoes pummeled the Eastern U.S. over four days in the spring of 2011, killing more than 320 people in six states, including about 250 who died in Alabama on April 27 of that year. A decade has passed, but time has been unable to erase the pain or replace the losses inflicted by the terrifying storms.
Remembering the 2011 tornado outbreak that killed hundreds in Alabama: photos, then and now
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The remains of a home destroyed during a tornado outbreak a decade ago are shown on April 13, 2021, in Shoal Creek Valley near Ashville, Ala. Time hasen t fill the voids created by a massive tornado outbreak that killed more than 320 people in six states a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)AP
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By JAY REEVES, The Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) With lowered flags and somber ceremonies, Alabama will pause Tuesday to mark the 10th anniversary of a horrific tornado outbreak that killed more than 250 people statewide, caused billions in damage and reshaped entire communities.
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