As Nate Weakens, Expect Heavy Rain and Wind

 ========= Old Image Removed =========Array
(
    [_wp_attached_file] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_.jpeg
        )

    [_wp_attachment_metadata] => Array
        (
            [0] => a:5:{s:5:"width";i:1200;s:6:"height";i:768;s:4:"file";s:28:"2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_.jpeg";s:5:"sizes";a:12:{s:6:"medium";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-336x215.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:336;s:6:"height";i:215;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:5:"large";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-771x493.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:771;s:6:"height";i:493;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:9:"thumbnail";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-140x140.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:140;s:6:"height";i:140;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:12:"medium_large";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-768x492.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:768;s:6:"height";i:492;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:9:"wbhm-icon";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:26:"Hurricane_Nate_-80x80.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:80;s:6:"height";i:80;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:13:"wbhm-featured";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-600x338.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:338;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:20:"wbhm-featured-square";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-600x600.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:600;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:18:"wbhm-featured-home";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-486x311.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:486;s:6:"height";i:311;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:22:"wbhm-featured-carousel";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-414x265.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:414;s:6:"height";i:265;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:28:"ab-block-post-grid-landscape";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-600x400.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:400;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:25:"ab-block-post-grid-square";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-600x600.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:600;s:6:"height";i:600;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}s:14:"post-thumbnail";a:4:{s:4:"file";s:28:"Hurricane_Nate_-125x125.jpeg";s:5:"width";i:125;s:6:"height";i:125;s:9:"mime-type";s:10:"image/jpeg";}}s:10:"image_meta";a:12:{s:8:"aperture";s:1:"0";s:6:"credit";s:0:"";s:6:"camera";s:0:"";s:7:"caption";s:0:"";s:17:"created_timestamp";s:1:"0";s:9:"copyright";s:0:"";s:12:"focal_length";s:1:"0";s:3:"iso";s:1:"0";s:13:"shutter_speed";s:1:"0";s:5:"title";s:0:"";s:11:"orientation";s:1:"0";s:8:"keywords";a:0:{}}}
        )

    [_media_credit] => Array
        (
            [0] => Sean Gardner
        )

    [_navis_media_credit_org] => Array
        (
            [0] => Getty Images
        )

    [_navis_media_can_distribute] => Array
        (
            [0] => 
        )

    [_imagify_optimization_level] => Array
        (
            [0] => 0
        )

    [_imagify_data] => Array
        (
            [0] => a:2:{s:5:"sizes";a:10:{s:4:"full";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:56:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:479289;s:14:"optimized_size";i:447167;s:7:"percent";d:6.7000000000000002;}s:9:"thumbnail";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-140x140.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:7601;s:14:"optimized_size";i:7080;s:7:"percent";d:6.8499999999999996;}s:6:"medium";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-336x215.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:23458;s:14:"optimized_size";i:21976;s:7:"percent";d:6.3200000000000003;}s:5:"large";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-771x493.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:121389;s:14:"optimized_size";i:113054;s:7:"percent";d:6.8700000000000001;}s:9:"wbhm-icon";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:62:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-80x80.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:3082;s:14:"optimized_size";i:2802;s:7:"percent";d:9.0899999999999999;}s:13:"wbhm-featured";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-600x338.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:71401;s:14:"optimized_size";i:66276;s:7:"percent";d:7.1799999999999997;}s:20:"wbhm-featured-square";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-300x300.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:29453;s:14:"optimized_size";i:27544;s:7:"percent";d:6.4800000000000004;}s:18:"wbhm-featured-home";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-486x311.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:47914;s:14:"optimized_size";i:44787;s:7:"percent";d:6.5300000000000002;}s:22:"wbhm-featured-carousel";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-414x265.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:35167;s:14:"optimized_size";i:32973;s:7:"percent";d:6.2400000000000002;}s:14:"post-thumbnail";a:5:{s:7:"success";b:1;s:8:"file_url";s:64:"https://news.wbhm.org/media/2017/10/Hurricane_Nate_-125x125.jpeg";s:13:"original_size";i:6215;s:14:"optimized_size";i:5818;s:7:"percent";d:6.3899999999999997;}}s:5:"stats";a:3:{s:13:"original_size";i:824969;s:14:"optimized_size";i:769477;s:7:"percent";d:6.7300000000000004;}}
        )

    [_imagify_status] => Array
        (
            [0] => success
        )

)
1617000526 
1507459801

Nate has quickly weakened to a tropical depression. The Birmingham metro area can expect torrential rains and strong winds to continue moving in Sunday. Wind advisories are in effect for all of Central Alabama through 10 pm Sunday. The latest forecasts have lowered sustained wind speeds to 20-35 mph, with wind gusts of 35-45 mph.

Isolated tornadoes are still possible mainly south and east of Birmingham up through Anniston.  Those areas are also expected to get the most rainfall through Monday at 4-5 inches.

But weather officials warn that even with a weakened storm, it doesn’t take much to bring down trees. There are reports of multiple trees down in Tallapoosa and Clay counties.

High winds also trigger power outages. As of 10 am, 82,000 Alabama Power customers were without service.

Chilton County reported the highest wind gusts Sunday morning: 46 mph; the Troy and Shelby County airports had 38 mph wind gusts.

President Donald Trump Sunday morning approved an emergency declaration for the State of Alabama. The request came from Gov. Kay Ivey. The move authorizes federal assistance to supplement the state’s efforts in connection with Tropical Storm Nate’s impacts. Emergency protective measures will be provided at 75 percent federal funding at the discretion of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

This assistance would include these counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Coffee, Coosa, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pike, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Washington, and Wilcox and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.

The City of Orange Beach reports al major roads are clear and open. There have been trees downed and piers damaged there, but the city expects businesses to be open and operating as usual by noon.

 

 

BSC’s Daniel Coleman talks about his years-long effort to save the school and what happens next.

After the news that Birmingham-Southern College is closing, we sat down with the school’s president, Daniel Coleman.

IVF could help her start the family she wants. Will Alabama’s personhood law derail it?

Despite a law meant to protect IVF in Alabama, patients and advocates worry the protections won’t hold — and warn of future attacks on reproductive rights.

Struggling Birmingham-Southern College says it will close at end of May

The College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to close the longtime institution, officials announced in a news release. The announcement came after legislation, aimed at securing a taxpayer-backed loan for the 168-year-old private college, had recently stalled in the Alabama Statehouse.

What happens when a rural hospital shuts its doors? Look to Pickens County

Residents in the west Alabama county warn that the lack of emergency care can have deadly consequences. It's a fate that could befall a growing number of rural communities.

Q&A: A bad deal made Jackson’s water problems worse. It wasn’t the only Mississippi city harmed

Reporter Sarah Fowler talks about her investigation that found at least eight Mississippi cities were harmed by deals over faulty smart water meters.

What issues are driving you to the polls this year?

What issues are top of mind as you head to the polls this year? What do you want the candidates to be talking about?

More Front Page Coverage