Alabama, Georgia pick up the pieces after deadly tornadoes
Officials found โheavy, heavy damageโ in parts of the cityโs historic district, Newnan Fire Chief Stephen Brown told a news conference. One of the victims in the hard-hit town of Ohatchee, a small community of about 1,170 people in eastern Alabama, was Dwight Jennings' neighbor. AdBad weather wasn't limited to Georgia and Alabama. ___Chandler reported from Shelby County, Alabama. Associated Press journalists Kevin McGill in New Orleans; Desiree Mathurin in Atlanta; Jeff Martin in Marietta, Georgia; Butch Dill in Ohatchee, Alabama; and Rebecca Santana in New Orleans, contributed to this report.
For second week, Deep South under โhigh riskโ for severe weather
Thursday, the Storm Prediction Center highlighted some of the same areas as last weekโs outbreak with their rare high risk tag for the likelihood of another tornado outbreak. The high risk category is the highest level on the Storm Prediction Centerโs outlook scale and reserved for the most extreme severe weather outbreaks. Severe weather setupThis outbreak has the potential to be even worse than last Wednesdayโs outbreak of severe weather. Any discrete, kidney bean-shaped cell in the future radar has the potential to produce long-lived strong tornadoes. These storms will not move into Central Florida as a strong area of high pressure forces these storms to stay north of our area.
Tornado outbreak likely for parts of Deep South
Parts of the Deep South are in highlighted in a rare high risk. ORLANDO, Fla. โ The Storm Prediction Center has highlighted parts of the Deep South in a rare โhigh riskโ for severe weather. A severe weather threat, like the one unfolding Wednesday, only occurs once or twice a year, on average. AdThe severe weather threat moves east Thursday. Severe threat ThursdayA few strong storms will be possible Thursday evening and early Friday across Central Florida.
Most of U.S. covered with snow after massive winter storms
ORLANDO, Fla. โ Rounds of significant winter weather have forced most of the US into a deep freeze. Following a historic snowstorm earlier in the week that brought heavy snow from Seattle to Texas and into the Great Lakes region, nearly 75 percent of the country has snow on the ground. AdThe snow made it all the way down to the Gulf Coast in Texas Monday. pic.twitter.com/Lj3eWUf2y0 โ Justin Stapleton (@KPRC2Justin) February 15, 2021More snow and ice will be likely across the Deep South and Mid Atlantic through the upcoming weekend. How many inches of snow fell in your area?
Parts of southern U.S. could see over 4 inches of snow
ORLANDO, Fla. โ Parts of the Southern Plains and Deep South will be dealing with the white stuff Sunday into Monday. A storm system will dive into the Plains from Southern Rockies bringing with it the potential for heavy snow in parts of Central and Northern Texas. Rain, snow and ice spread across Texas Sunday. A widespread 3-6โฒโ of snow is forecast through Central Texas with isolated amounts of up to 8โณ possible. Winter weather alertsA Winter Storm Watch is in effect for much of Central Texas and Northwest Louisiana.
Stacey Abrams credited for boosting Democrats in Georgia
Abrams, the onetime candidate for Georgia governor who has become perhaps the nation's leading voice on voting rights, is being credited for paving those inroads. โThereโs a lot of work thatโs gone into this, but Stacey really is the architect of whatโs been built in Georgia,โ said Dubose Porter, the former Georgia Democratic Party chairman and an Abrams mentor. The 2018 campaign marked a notable shift in Georgia Democratsโ overall approach. Theyโd do it by reshaping the electorate, by exciting the expanding universe of potentially Democratic voters: the youngest native white Georgians; whites from beyond Georgia; Black voters who cast ballots sporadically; Black voters moving to Georgia from other regions; and a growing Latino and Asian-American population. โWeโll take on Antifa, Black Lives Matter, Fair Fight, Stacey Abrams and all of them.โTrump himself was an accelerating variable in Georgiaโs shift, pushing some white suburbanites toward Democrats.
In South, most Black Senate candidates since Reconstruction
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)COLUMBIA, S.C. โ In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate this year, the Deep South is fielding more Black candidates than it has since Reconstruction. Mike Espy and Adrian Perkins, meanwhile, are launching spirited bids for the Senate in Mississippi and Louisiana, respectively. The Senate currently has three Black members: Republican Tim Scott of South Carolina and Democrats Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California. โThe more competitive races are, and Black candidates win those competitive races, it diminishes this worry that Black candidates canโt win,โ Abrams recently told The Associated Press. In Mississippi, Espy is trying for a second time to become the stateโs first Black senator since Reconstruction with his challenge to Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.