Very high winds are causing damage over western sections of the state tonight in association with the circulation of Hurricane Katrina. At least three distinct feeder bands continue across the northern half of Alabama tonight.
The main one in over West Alabama and it is producing very high winds. Those winds are gusting to near 70 mph. A significant weather alert is in effect for Hale... Greene... Pickens... Lamar... and Tuscaloosa Counties. Places like Aliceville... Carrollton... Eutaw... Greensboro... Fosters and Elrod will experience the worst of the weather.
It is a serious situation over these counties. Please remain in your homes until the worst of the weather has passed. The Pickens County EMA is urging people to stay off the roads in their area. Thousands of trees are down and the high winds continue. Power is out over a wide area. That is good advice over all of the counties. Many deaths occur in inland areas from falling trees.
The situation in eastern Mississippi is even more dire. Local Emergency Management Agencies are calling for help from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
The main one in over West Alabama and it is producing very high winds. Those winds are gusting to near 70 mph. A significant weather alert is in effect for Hale... Greene... Pickens... Lamar... and Tuscaloosa Counties. Places like Aliceville... Carrollton... Eutaw... Greensboro... Fosters and Elrod will experience the worst of the weather.
It is a serious situation over these counties. Please remain in your homes until the worst of the weather has passed. The Pickens County EMA is urging people to stay off the roads in their area. Thousands of trees are down and the high winds continue. Power is out over a wide area. That is good advice over all of the counties. Many deaths occur in inland areas from falling trees.
The situation in eastern Mississippi is even more dire. Local Emergency Management Agencies are calling for help from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
on August 29, 2005, 6:04 pm
Mayor Ray Nagin said that 200 people were stranded on rooftops in the Lower Ninth Ward and several “bodies are floating in the water” in the Bywater neighborhood and in Eastover.
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