“All disasters start local and end local” is something you’ll hear a lot in emergency management. Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC) are a critical “tip of the spear” function in preparing ...

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has submitted an official request for a “major disaster declaration” from the President through FEMA. If and when that request is approved by the President, multiple types of ...

“All disasters start local and end local” is something you’ll hear a lot in emergency management. Local Emergency Planning Committees […] ...

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From Alabama Governor Kay Ivey: This morning, I connected with FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton and Alabama Emergency Management Agency Director Jeff Smitherman as crews positioned around the state ...

MONTGOMERY – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday announced the activation of a statewide notification system to more quickly alert the public in the event of floods and other disasters. The action follows ...

The remnants of Isaias have lost tropical characteristics and now an area of low pressure. All Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings have been discontinued. However, a High Wind Warning for ...

Isaias will make landfall Friday night or early Saturday. There will be impacts to portions of the state beginning Friday and lasting into early Sunday, with potential power outages and flooding. NOW ...

A Mesoscale Convective System (MCS), or relatively small cluster of storms, moved through northern and central Alabama last night, leaving a stationary boundary across the southern sections. Isolated ...

Both a Hurricane and Storm Surge Watch is in effect for Mobile and Baldwin counties. There will be impacts to portions of the state beginning Friday and lasting into early Sunday farther inland, with ...

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Conecuh, Covington, Coffee and Geneva counties, with a Tropical Storm Warning extending northward to the I-22/I-20 corridor. A Flood ...

A Heat Advisory is in effect for north and most of central Alabama today, with afternoon Heat Index values from 101-107. Heat Advisories will likely be expanded to the entire state by this weekend, ...