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Tornado Truckers: Big rigs shield Alabama woman from twister on I-65 Share Updated: 2:30 PM CST Feb 7, 2021 Share Updated: 2:30 PM CST Feb 7, 2021
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Show Transcript JON: AT THIS HOUR, 15 CAGES FOR DOGS AND CATS ARE AVAILABLE. THIS MORNING WE’RE HEARING NEW STORIES OF SURVIVAL. TAKE MELINDA MAYNARD, FROM MADISON. SHE WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM ORANGE BEACH WHEN TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE 65 CAME TO A HALT. AS COREY PIPPIN REPORTS, MELINDA SAYS SHE’S ONLY ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO. I WOULD HAVE DROVE RIGHT INTO THAT TORNADO IF THEY HADN’T BLOCKED ME. MAYNARD WAS ON HER WAY HOME HOME FROM ORANGE BEACH ON MONDAY WINTER TRIP TOOK A FRIGHTENING TURN. TRAFFIC CAME TO A HALT AT EXIT 267 OUTSIDE OF FULTONDALE, AND MAYNARD SAID THAT’S WHEN SHE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. WHAT YOU COULDN’T SEE WAS IN EF THREE TORNADO PACKING 150 MILES HOUR WINDS, CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE MULTIPLE BIG RIG TRUC
Community helping woman who lost home and husband in same week Fultondale clean up for woman who lost husband and home By Randi Hildreth | January 30, 2021 at 6:21 AM CST - Updated January 31 at 9:49 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - So many of you are pulling together to help neighbors devastated by Monday’s tornado. One woman is asking for volunteers to help a tornado survivor who lost her home and husband in the same week.
“I was watching the news and it said the tornado was on Walker Chapel Road,” said Janice Hamilton, tornado survivor.
We talked to Janice Hamilton by phone on Good Day Alabama Friday, her voice was weary from the unimaginable week she’s had.
From The Tribune staff reports
CENTER POINT The National Weather Service in Birmingham upgraded the tornado that hit the Fultondale area to an EF-3. Damage was reported primarily north of Walker Chapel Road NW to U.S. Highway 31 and to New Castle Road. Crews said winds were at least 150 mph on the evening of Monday, Jan. 25, 2021.
“Keep in mind that intensity & width varied along its path,” the NWS posted on Facebook. “The EF-3 damage was focused near Lykes Blvd. to New Castle Rd.”
The tornado had a path length of 9.5 miles and a max width of 500 yards, according to the NWS.
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