Riley: Hurricane shelters are for Alabamians first
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- Riley: Hurricane shelters are for Alabamians first
- Chapman Kan. to celebrate recovery from last year’s tornado
- Tuesday’s forecast: Tornado outbreak expected in Plains
- younews reporter spots tornado tips off National Weather Service
Riley: Hurricane shelters are for Alabamians first
Montgomery Advertiser
Bob Riley said Tuesday that Alabama will take fewer out-of-state evacuees into shelters this year so that shelter space will remain available for Alabama residents. He said the state will be especially cautious if there’s a chance another hurricane could affect the Alabama coast. Riley made his comments Tuesday as Alabama officials gathered to review plans for the 2009 hurricane season. More than 6500 evacuees mostly from Louisiana filled 28 shelters across Alabama over Labor Day weekend last year as Hurricane Gustav neared the Louisiana coast. Another storm Hurricane Ike hit Texas about a week later. Riley said if Ike had hit Alabama shelter space might not have been available for Alabamians.
Chapman Kan. to celebrate recovery from last year’s tornado
Kansas City Star
to celebrate recovery from last year’s tornado – Kansas City Star. is planning to celebrate a year of rebuilding and recovery from a tornado that swept through the town. planningcelebrateyearofrebuildingrecoveryfromtornadothatsweptthroughtown.
Tuesday’s forecast: Tornado outbreak expected in Plains
USA Today
Bone dry in Texas– None of the storms that have plagued the central Plains in recent weeks have made it to southern Texas which remains in a disastrous drought. Unfortunately no rain is in sight for the region and even hotter temperatures (in the 90s and 100s) are expected later this week. Hurricane update – The cluster of thunderstorms in the southwest Caribbean that the National Hurricane Center was monitoring for development has dissipated. No tropical development is likely anywhere in the Atlantic basin for at least the next 48 hours. A cluster of storms far out in the eastern Pacific cean is also unlikely to develop. Neither the Atlantic nor Pacific basins have seen a named tropical storm or hurricane yet this season. Wildfires take a break– There are no critical areas for wildfires anywhere in the USA today nor is there likely to be in the next three days.
younews reporter spots tornado tips off National Weather Service
KVAL
"You could watch the trees and everything they were just twisting. Wasn’t just a straight push wind it was real turbulent like crazy. "Based on the twisting motion of the wind McLaren suspected it was a tornado.
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