“I been listening to the news all day so I was kind of preparing”, Green said.
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The beginning of the extreme weather started on Wednesday as about 25 tornadoes were reported in the southern storm system; approximately 20 of those occurred on Wednesday followed by one on Thursday and three on Friday. An EF-0 is considered the weakest type of tornado, but still able to do damage to homes and businesses. Two people in one home were killed. “I’m hoping that everybody got out all right”.
Chances of white Christmas not good, weather service says
A wind advisory remains in effect until 1 pm on Thursday, with gusts as high as 50 miles per hour expected. The rain we were expecting to arrive very late Christmas Day is now forecast to hold off until Saturday .
The National Weather Service says search and rescue efforts are ongoing in Birmingham, Alabama, where a tornado moved through in the past hour.
NORAD is monitoring Santa’s progress
For 60 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s flight. Volunteer Susan Murray – Elf Susie to callers – said some kids asked why she wasn’t out with Santa delivering.
“When they tell you take cover, take cover”, she said.
Storms have already ravaged the Southeast this week.
Perkins’ neighbors weren’t as fortunate.
Chicago police say an officer responding to a domestic disturbance shot and killed two people.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency said 56 weather-related injuries were reported and more than 240 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. It’s part of the same cell that warranted an earlier tornado warning in Tuscaloosa County, southwest of the Jefferson.
The National Weather Service warned residents to avoid areas where flooding was expected, also noting that more than a dozen tornadoes struck at least six southern states during the last several days. The storms have brought record rainfall in some areas this week.
But that didn’t stop some from spending their Christmas giving rather than receiving.
Dozens of children and their families showed up Friday morning to pick up a toy or other items they might need to recover from the storm, Garbacz said.
A swath of the country from Northeast Texas to OH remained under flood watches Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
The 190 road closures come a day after the governor issued a state of emergency in Alabama for flooding as the state was hammered with heavy rains, thunderstorms, tornadoes and flash floods.
Among the dead was a seven-year-old boy killed when a storm picked up and tossed the vehicle he was travelling in, fire chief Kenny Holbrook told reporters in the town of Holly Springs.
Six people died in Tennessee, including three found in a auto submerged in a creek.
In Perry County, Tennessee, the victims were 70-year-old Antonio Yzaguirre and his wife, 69-year-old Annie, and in Rhea County, Tennessee, a 22-year-old man died, said Tennessee Emergency Management.
One of the storms hit Bellevue, Mississippi, and damaged 10 to 15 homes. ‘By issuing a State of Emergency, I have directed all state agencies to take necessary actions to be prepared to respond to the anticipated flooding across Alabama. Several people of those injured are in critical condition. Five injuries were reported there and two additional severe injuries were reported near Shannon Airport, in the Clarksdale, Mississippi area, the department said.
“This increases the number of deaths to eight, and the number of missing persons to two”, according to the statement.
He said MS is in the recovery stage Thursday, as authorities determine how much damage was caused and what federal assistance the state may qualify for.
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Peak tornado season in the South is in the spring, but storms can happen any time. But Perkins – who survived the storm hunkered down inside a closet with her husband – said she was happy just to be alive. The flooding is the result of heavy downpours that have been thrashing the southeastern US since Wednesday…
