Tombigbee River

Days of unrelenting downpours flooded Mobile and prompted the Mayor of Spanish Fort to urge residents to stay home. Swollen rivers rose to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital.

A Maryland-based renewable energy company is bringing hundreds of new jobs to West Alabama. Enviva is the largest producer of sustainably sourced wood pellets in the world. The facility will be located in the Epes Industrial Park next to the Tombigbee River.

DEMOPOLIS, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say two victims who drowned in the Tombigbee River have been identified as high school students.News outlets…