Flooding in Northport, Alabama, led to the rescue of more than 20 people. According to local news reports, as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain was reported earlier from Claudette along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.Ĭlaudette battered many southeastern states: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and the Florida Panhandle felt the storm’s fury when high winds tore roofs off houses, flipping an 18-wheeler and a mobile home.
The deaths occurred as heavy rain from the storm showered northern Alabama and Georgia late Saturday. There were also search efforts in Pebble Creek for a man who is believed to have fallen into water during a flash flood in Birmingham. Makayla Ross, a 23-year-old from Fort Payne, died Saturday after her car ran off the road into a rain-swollen creek containing more water than usual, flowing faster than normal.
Moreover, a 24-year-old man and a 3-year-old boy were also killed Saturday when a tree, compromised by the storm’s high winds and heavy rain, fell on their house just outside of Tuscaloosa County. Garlock identified them as 29-year-old Cody Fox and his 9-month-old daughter, Ariana, both of Marion County, Tennessee. The crash also claimed the lives of two others who were in a separate vehicle. “This is the worst tragedy I’ve been a part of in my life,” said Smith, adding that two of the children who perished in the accident were Gulley’s own children.
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A bystander immediately ran to the van, rescuing the ranch director and driver Candice Gulley, but the eight girls on board all died in the crash. The van quickly caught fire after the wreck. The ranch serves as a home for abused and neglected children across Alabama. Butler County coroner Wayne Garlock mentioned the location of the wreck is “notorious” for hydroplaning-occurring when the tires of a road vehicle, or any wheeled vehicle, experience a build-up of water between the wheels of the vehicle and the surface of the pavement, leading to a loss of traction that prevents the vehicle from responding appropriately to control inputs, most notably, brakes.Īlabama Sheriff’s Youth Ranches CEO Michael Smith told reporters one of their vans from the Girls Ranch was returning to the ranch near Camp Hill, located 63 miles northeast of Montgomery, after a week spent at the beach in Gulf Shores, southeast of Mobile. on Saturday in Butler County, located 57 miles south of Montgomery. The 18-vehicle crash occurred on Interstate 65 around 2:30 p.m. Damage to a mobile home near East Brewton, Alabama, from a tornado produce by Tropical Storm Claudette on J(Wikimedia Commons)