Marion County Storm: Quick Recovery, No Injuries

0:00This is Birmingham News today, powered by AI and presented by the daily news now. Storms and strong winds hit Marion County, Alabama, overnight Sunday into Monday, knocking down trees that blocked roads and complicated commutes to. School and work. First responders fielded 15 calls starting around 2 p.m. Sunday, when winds ramped up, with trees falling on power lines in county roads until 6 a.m., county leaders reviewed the mess at their Monday morning meeting. Engineer Wesley Halman got almost no sleep juggling the reports, while emergency director Russ Taylor noted how night storms slow everything down. School started 2 hours late, but buses still ran into unclear trees, so crews kept cutting and hauling them off until around lunchtime. No one got hurt in the county of about 29,000 residents, and officials say they came through mostly unscathed with quick cleanup from. Road teams and power crews, a structure fire popped up, but it's not clear if weather sparked it.

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