Tag: flooding
Selma AL Begins Digging Out From Devastating Storm
Mike Cason | mcason@al.com
Rachel Daniel was at work at the Goodwill Store on Furniss Avenue when a storm that ravaged Selma and the surrounding...
All Look to Birmingham for Flooding Best Practices
Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet
National Wildlife Federation
While many may look to the Dutch as the masters of flood control and innovative design in flood defense, experts in...
City of Birmingham to close two viaducts due to flooding potential
birminghamal.gov
The City of Birmingham will close Sixth Avenue South at the CSX viaduct (700 block of Sixth Avenue South) and the viaduct at Messer...
Oxmoor Valley Elementary students learn a valuable lesson by giving to...
By Denise Stewart
For The Birmingham Times
Houston, Texas is almost 700 miles away from Oxmoor Valley Elementary, but students at the southwest Birmingham school are...
Birmingham residents send relief supplies to flood-ravaged Houston
Special to The Times
The City of Birmingham on Wednesday began collecting items for Houston and the Southeast Texas area at Boutwell Auditorium.
"Birmingham is a...
As people survey Louisiana flood damage, 8th death reported
By Michael Kunzelman, Melinda Deslatte and Rebecca Santana
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - As waters receded in parts of Louisiana’s capital city, some residents...