“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 ...

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 ...

The impact of Hurricane Isaias was greatest in the southern counties of the state. Power restoration efforts have dropped the number of outages down below 75,000 – well below the storm’s peak outage ...

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 ...

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 ...

Advisories will likely be issued by the NHC later today or early tomorrow. There is not much change from this morning’s briefing, and there remains uncertainty about landfall, future intensity, and ...

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 ...

The Alabama Emergency Management Agency continues to coordinate the state’s response to Hurricane Isaias. Food, water, tarps, communications equipment and various other assets have already arrived in ...

A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Mobile, Baldwin and Escambia counties with a Tropical Storm Warning farther inland. A Tropical Storm Watch extends northward to areas around I-20. A Flood Watch ...

A Hurricane Warning is now in effect for Mobile and Baldwin counties with both a Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Watch farther inland. There is also a Flood Watch beginning Friday afternoon in the ...