Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:21 AM EDT2013-06-19 12:21:07 GMT
Meet the newest family member of Emeritus at Heritage Hills in Columbus. Tasha, a 7-year-old Beagle mix, was adopted by the Alzheimer's facility Heritage Hills just over two weeks ago.More >>
Meet the newest family member of Emeritus at Heritage Hills in Columbus. Tasha, a 7-year-old Beagle mix, was adopted by the Alzheimer's facility Heritage Hills just over two weeks ago.More >>
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Strong storms that swept across the nation unleashed damaging tornadoes in Alabama and knocked out power to thousands in both Alabama and Georgia.
In Columbus, Georgia Power said that currently about 60 customers were without power, but at one point 3,000 were affected. The line of thunderstorms passed over the city with no widespread damage or injuries reported.
In West Georgia, 235 people are without power, but at its peak about 4,200 were knocked off the grid. Across the state, outages affected 5,400 customers.
Power officials say the wind was the main contributor and they are concern that more outages could happen. They say if the rain and wind continues as predicted Wednesday, more trees could fall on power lines and create more outages.
Currently in East Alabama, a few hundred residents are still without power. At one point, 2,000 customers in East Alabama were without power. A total of 47,500 customers were affected state-wide. At the storm's peak, about 30,000 customers were knocked off the grid - as of 6:00 a.m. 30,000 customers across the state had their power back.
The highest concentration of power loss is Mobile, AL where tornados ripped through the area's midtown and downtown sections. About 7,300 customers are still without power, 5,000 of those are in the city's downtown area. Alabama Power says wind was the main cause of the power outages – causing trees to fall on power lines and breaking power poles.
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Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.More >>
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:54:56 GMT
32 year old Demetria Porter was charged with murder and first degree cruelty to a child in just the last hour, after a baby she was keeping died. An autopsy performed on Ja'Kobian Davis today at theMore >>
32 year old Demetria Porter was charged with murder and first degree cruelty to a child in just the last hour, after a baby she was keeping died.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonadeMore >>
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.More >>
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:12 AM EDT2013-06-19 10:12:08 GMT
The Alabama Department of Education has just released a list of 78 "failing" schools. This is based on new criteria by the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial school choice law recently approved by More >>
The Alabama Department of Education has just released a list of 78 "failing" schools.
This is based on new criteria by the Alabama Accountability Act, a controversial school choice law recently approved by legislators.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:54 PM EDT2013-06-18 21:54:06 GMT
At a 10:00 a.m. news conference this morning the Alabama Department of Education announced the list of failing schools in the state under the Alabama Accountability Act.Tommy Bice: Accountability Act hasMore >>
The Alabama Department of Education held a news conference Tuesday morning to release the long-awaited "failing schools" list under the state's new Alabama Accountability Act. A total of 78 schools in the state are listed as failing under the education accountability legislation.More >>
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:35 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:35:49 GMT
A dog battling cancer managed to hang on long enough to see her owner return from a deployment overseas. According to Jennifer Ralston's YouTube channel, Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, wasMore >>
Kermie, an 11-year-old beagle-lab-chow mix, was diagnosed with oral melanoma just a month after her owner, Eric, was deployed overseas.More >>
Radar Radars are machines that use beams (or pulses) of radiation (radio waves) to detect different kinds of precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc.).More >>
Monday, June 17 2013 9:59 PM EDT2013-06-18 01:59:19 GMT
LYNCHBURG, VA (RNN) – Kimberly Burke is used to capturing emotion. As a wedding photographer, she has an eye for tender moments, like the photo she snapped of a Marine and his bride praying that has goneMore >>
A quiet moment captured before a couple wed has brought collective "awws" by millions on the internet.More >>
Tornadoes ripped through Mobile, AL, on Christmas Day. (Source: WALA/CNN)
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