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Hundreds of thousands of wastewater have spilled into waterways as a result of flooding.

A 13-year-old boy was transported to Strickland Youth Center after a high school administrator saw the child with a handgun on Tuesday, according to the Mobile Police Department.

Daphne Public Works Director Richard Johnson estimated the repairs could cost $50,000 to $75,000 but said he is confident that the project will qualify for assistance from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Emergency contracts will be sought this week to fix the two sink holes that formed in west Mobile as a result of heavy downpours Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Aside from that, Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the city is "fortunate" to have skated by some of the more severe flood-related problems that occurred elsewhere.

Torrential downpours on Tuesday and Wednesday lead to the recent spate of flooding inside the downtown Mobile building. A $3.2 million fix to the roof is supposed to make the structure leak-free by the end of May.

The Baldwin County school system plans to reopen on a regular schedule Thursday, pending the results of a roads assessment from the Alabama Department of Transportation and other officials.

Eagle family had a front row seat to a fierce lightning storm, but made it through just fine.

Daphne Public Works Director Richard Johnson said he had no estimate as to the number of homes that had flooded but believes it exceeded the number damaged in a massive rainstorm that struck in May 2012.

MOBILE, Alabama – The Baldwin County Coliseum in Robertsdale was sheltering eight people displaced by flooding Wednesday afternoon, down from about 50 earlier in the day, emergency management officials said.However, Reggie Chitwood, deputy director of Baldwin County EMA, said that...

A night of heavy rain forced a Theodore woman and her family to abandon their residence when water began to rise.