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A strong rainstorm swept through Southern Alabama Thursday.
Former National Hockey League star Richard Zednik and a group of young ice hockey players escaped serious injury in Slovakia after the roof of a skating facility fell in under the weight of snow and ice.
Alabama will likely see another bout of severe weather as a storm system moves across the state.
Tornadoes impact Alabama’s blood supply.
It will take survey teams a couple of days to visit all areas affected by the storms.
Volunteers with the American Red Cross Alabama Region are assessing the damage to homes throughout the state. So far they have found that over 440 homes throughout Alabama were affected in some way by the severe weather.
Alabama's governor has declared a state of emergency for all 67 counties because of severe weather that struck the state, killing two people.
Alabama Power reports that 56,300 homes and businesses lost power when storms swept across the central part of the state.
An emergency management official says firefighters are starting to go house-to-house in an effort to rescue people trapped in their homes after storms did major damage to buildings.
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