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The fourth of July Holiday has come and gone. And, that means Alabama is into the second half of the lucrative summer tourism season. The Gulf Shores and Orange Beach area points to new rental units to judge how much the visitor economy is growing.

Rescue and recovery efforts continue following deadly flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in Texas. A Mountain Brook girl is confirmed among the fatalities. Now, two reports indicate that a Mobile couple may missing. The Facebook page of the Corpus Christi Chronica and Mobile’s Lagniappe Newspaper reports that Eddie Santana-Negron and his wife Ileana Santana had traveled to Texas to spend the holiday with their eldest son.

Hurricane season is underway and it looks like there are fewer people watching for storms along the Gulf of Mexico. The Trump White House has reportedly made staff cuts to fifteen National Weather Service centers that serve the Gulf.

The 2025 hurricane season starts this weekend. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say there’s a sixty percent of an above average number of major storms this year. Up to five named hurricanes are expected during the season.

A new Alabama study of hurricane-affected homes sends a clear message to insurers and homeowners nationwide: climate-resilient construction methods can protect homes, and save a lot of money. The first-of-its-kind analysis, released this week, reviews thousands of insurance claims linked to Hurricane Sally, which struck Alabama's coast in 2020 with wind speeds up to 105 miles per hour.

With warmer than normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting yet another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic. But they don't think it will be as chaotic as 2024, the third-costliest season on record as it spawned killer storms Beryl, Helene and Milton.

Memorial Day is next week and that means the start of Alabama’s summer tourism season. Budget cuts from the new Trump administration and beach safety may seem miles apart. But concerns are being raised about how safe Alabama’s beaches may be when visitors flock to the state’s Gulf coast. The Washington Post reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scrambling to fill forecasting job ahead of the June first start of the Hurricane season. APR explains these forecasts are also for Alabama beach goers and the lifeguards that look after them

Alabama is bracing for the possible of strong storms after a weekend that knocked out power to close to 30,000 homes and businesses. As nasty tornadoes popped up from Kansas to Kentucky, a depleted National Weather Service was in scramble mode. Weather watchers keeping an eye on the Gulf coast say conditions appear favorable for more rough storms, with fewer forecasters to warn the public.

Forecasters said that more tornadoes and storms were possible in the central U.S. as people from Texas to Kentucky cleaned up from severe weather that has killed more than two dozen people in four days. Alabama was hit by severe thunderstorms on Saturday which knocked out power to around thirty thousand homes and businesses. The National Weather Service says Tuesday’s threat includes the risk of severe storms moving into Alabama, as well as Mississippi and Tennessee.

Powerful thunderstorms left close to thirty thousand homes and businesses without electricity over the weekend. Blustery winds down trees and damaged homes in Trussville. The rough weather was part of a series of storms through the south that turned deadly. Close to thirty people were reported killed and another hospitalized. The Associated Press says the worst of the losses were in Kentucky with close to twenty fatalities.