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Alabama Hazards

Live weather alerts, flooding, wildfires, drought and earthquakes in Alabama, with links to its disaster history.

Collected automatically and may be delayed. Not an official warning. In an emergency, call 911.

Weather alerts by hazard

Alert details

No active National Weather Service alerts in Alabama.

Rivers at or near flood stage

National

No river gauges in Alabama are at or forecast to reach flood stage.

Active wildfires

National
  • Hollis Head Road FireLowndes County161 acres100% contained
  • POSSUM POINT FireChambers County120 acres90% contained
  • Lynx FireLawrence County43 acres

Drought

National

Drought statistics for Alabama are temporarily unavailable.

Drought by county (36 of 67 counties in drought)

Earthquakes in the last 30 days

Magnitude 2.5 and up

National

No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in Alabama in the last 30 days.

History

NOAA records

Full history

Hurricanes and tropical storms

  • Ida (2021), Category 4 at peak
  • Fred (2021)
  • Claudette (2021)
  • Zeta (2020), Category 3 at peak
  • Delta (2020), Category 4 at peak
  • Beta (2020)

Notable storms in the last 10 years

  • Tornado, Lee (03/03/2019), 23 deaths
  • Hurricane (Typhoon), Baldwin Coastal (09/15/2020), 2 deaths
  • Tornado, Autauga (01/12/2023), 7 deaths
  • Hurricane (Typhoon), Mobile Coastal (09/15/2020)
  • Tornado, Calhoun (03/25/2021), 6 deaths
  • Thunderstorm Wind, Houston (01/03/2017), 4 deaths