UpdatedWed, Jan 27, 2021 at 3:59 pm CT
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Gov. Kay Ivey visited Fultondale Wednesday to survey damage from Monday night s tornado. (Jay Reeves/AP)
FULTONDALE, AL Gov. Kay Ivey came to Jefferson County Wednesday to survey damage from Monday night s EF3 tornado that hit Fultondale and Center Point. Dozens of injuries were reported and the tornado claimed the life of a 14-year-old boy.
Ivey was able to get a complete view of the aftermath of the tornado via helicopter Wednesday morning, as she saw the damage to the homes and businesses in the community and the destruction of Fultondale High School.
Ivey said state leaders are working with Jefferson County leaders on how to help the 650 displaced students and where and how they will attend school in the meantime.
FORECAST FOR THE REST OF YOUR WEDNESDAY
Radar just after 11:00 am shows that nearly all of North/Central Alabama had dried out with the only exception being the extreme northwest corner of the area where a few very light showers are showing up. We still have partly to mostly cloudy skies and those clouds will hang around through the rest of the day. Temperatures were in the lower 50s to the lower 60s across the area. Montgomery was the warm spot at 60 degrees while Haleyville was the cool spot in Central Alabama at 52 degrees. Birmingham was at 58 degrees.
The latest HRRR is showing that we may have more showers form over the northern parts of the area during the afternoon mainly north of the I-20 corridor, but those will quickly move out of the area and we’ll be dry by the early evening. Daytime highs will top out in the lower 50s to the mid-60s across the area from northwest to southeast. After those showers move out this evening, skies will remain partly to mostly cloudy, and
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Alabama schools to get more than $900 million from pandemic aid package
By Matt L. Smith January 11, 2021
Alabama education is set to get more than $900 million in funding from the latest CARES Act. (Getty Images)
New relief is on the way for Alabama’s public schools. A $900 billion aid package was approved by Congress on Dec. 21 and signed into law by the president on Dec. 30.
The relief package provides approximately $82 billion to create an Education Stabilization Fund (ESF), with $54.3 billion allocated for K-12 public schools nationally. That’s about four times more than the $13.2 billion American schools received from the coronavirus aid package funding passed in March 2020. Alabama can expect over $900 million in relief.