Alabama Emergency Management Agency

The National Hurricane Center in Miami is keeping an eye on a system that could become Tropical Storm Ernesto early this week. The agency says there’s an 80% chance the area of disturbed weather could develop into a named storm. This comes as the center reminds Alabama Gulf coast residents and the nation that elements are lining up to make the peak of the 2024 hurricane season especially active.

Alabama residents are preparing for an all too familiar time of year. Hurricane season starts today and experts have rolled out overviews of the season.

Alabama shoppers preparing for tornado season get a tax-free spree. Today kicks off this year’s Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. Alabamians can buy certain supplies used in an emergency kit without tax.

Governor Kay Ivey held a press conference in Calhoun County after tornadoes caused extensive damage in the area last week. Over 230 miles of tornadoes…

Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency in response to the threat of severe weather on Wednesday.The National Weather Service predicts there is…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 2.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at noon on Tuesday in Jackson County, Alabama.The Alabama…

BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — Rescuers began tearing through the rubble of mobile homes and houses Monday in search of survivors of a powerful tornado that…

Emergency managers in Alabama are gearing up for the beginning of hurricane season next month.The state of Alabama will hold its annual hurricane drill…

Four people were killed in a helicopter crash early this morning in southeast Alabama.Alabama Emergency Management Agency spokesman Greg Robinson says a…

Emergency planners and other officials from Alabama and Mississippi will be meeting in Mobile next week for a two-state conference on hurricane…