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TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, Ala. ( WBRC) - Lake Tuscaloosa neighbors got a rude awakening Sunday morning when a powerful storm ripped ...
A community just north of the Tuscaloosa city limits is being asked to remain on high alert following the death of three dogs ...
Fred Goossen, a Tuscaloosa News fine arts critic and composer, died as an indirect result of the April 27, 2011, tornado. Goossen suffered a stroke after frantically searching for his wife ...
To say people who worked at the Madison County 911 Call Center had their hands full during the April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak might be an understatement. Just as a large tornado was taking aim on ...
From the moment a mile-wide tornado destroyed 13% of the city on April 27, 2011, the Tuscaloosa News has been reporting on the deadly storm and its aftermath. Here’s an example of our past ...
What I heeded was an order from a WBRC Fox6 news manager. It was April 27, 2011, and just before 6 p.m., I was ordered to join other station employees in a room behind the front lobby. I joined my ...
Presented by The Arts Council of Tuscaloosa, the Bama Art House Film Series is back at the Historic Bama Theatre with tickets ...
What patrons need to know about Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater. Though season began April 11 with comic Von, May 2 group soul show will be first concert.
WARM MAY DAY: Alabama’s weather is dry this afternoon with temperatures in the 80s. Clouds will thicken tonight, and a band of strong storms ahead of a surface front will move into far North Alabama ...
One particularly long-tracked and devastating tornado hit the major cities of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, killing more than 70 people. Officially, 324 people died as a direct result of the ...
The 2011 Tornado Super Outbreak by contrast ... It traversed 80.3 miles, passing through the cities of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, causing 65 fatalities and over 1,000 injuries.
Regular readers of this blog---all 14 of you—recall my recollections of this disaster in previous blogs. But, a half-century ...