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Weather service warns of high risk for ‘life-threatening’ rip currents on Alabama beaches

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The National Weather Service in Mobile is warning of the potential for “life-threatening” rip currents along Alabama’s beaches through the weekend and for much of next week, fueled by Tropical Storm Beryl’s churn through the central Gulf of Mexico.

Visitors to beaches from Dauphin Island through the Florida Panhandle are advised to heed the beach flag warning system and follow lifeguard instructions. In Florida, beaches remain closed in Panama City Beach after double red flags were hoisted Friday.

A rip current is a powerful channel of water flowing away from shore. A high-risk warning means the surf zone is dangerous for all levels of swimmers, and the weather service advises swimmers to stay out of the water.

The warning echoes advice Friday from Stephen Leatherman, a professor in the Department of Earth & Environment at Florida International University in Miami and researcher into rip currents, who told Al.com, “I think everyone should stay out of the water, go to the pool or watch (the Gulf) from ashore. When the storms are far away, and people think, ‘What’s the problem?’ that is the formula for a disaster.”

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Swimmers caught in a rip current, the weather service says, should stay calm, call for help, and float rather than struggle against the flow.

The high risk of rip currents on Alabama beaches is expected to last through Sunday night, then drop to moderate Monday before returning to high Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the weather service.

A coastal flood advisory also remains in effect from Destin, Fla., west through Alabama until 1 a.m. Sunday.

As of Saturday afternoon, Beryl was 415 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, moving west-northwest at 12 mph. The storm, which has already caused extensive damage in Mexico and parts of the Caribbean, had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph. It was expected to gain strength Saturday and Sunday, and hurricane warnings are likely for parts of the Texas coast this weekend.



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Alabama hits home with plans for Tuscaloosa 2027 Edge on official visit

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Alabama football hosted a hometown kid for an official visit last weekend when it got Jeremiah Beverley on campus for an official visit.

Beverley attends Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and ESPN currently has him rated as a four-star recruit. He is considering Alabama, Cincinnati, Wake Forest and others.

The Crimson Tide offered Beverley earlier this month and got him on campus for an official visit last weekend. The Alabama target told Touchdown Alabama he used the visit to learn what the Tide has planned for him if he commits.

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“I’m truly happy that I went on that official visit,” Beverley said. “Blessed for that. All I was talking about was the next step, what I got to do? So, just knowing what they have planned for me, knowing what they have set for me.”

At 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds, Beverley makes plays for Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa as a defensive end. Alabama has plans to use him similarly at the next level.

“They’re going to have me at wolf mostly,” Beverley said. “I know coach (Kane) Wommack and coach (Christian) Robinson, I think they see me at other positions, but I know it is guaranteed they’re going to see me at Wolf and me working my way up on special teams, and they expect that out of me.”

Beverley is expected to announce a commitment decision on Friday.

Watch Jeremiah Beverley’s Highlights Below:

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Alabama hires former college offensive lineman as assistant tight ends coach

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Alabama football is hiring Noah Fisher to be its assistant tight ends coach, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz.

Fisher spent two seasons as a graduate assistant working with the offensive line and tight ends at Louisville before joining the Tide’s staff. He played three years on the offensive line at South Alabama and spent one season with Tulane. The Jaguars started Fisher along its offensive line when he was a player for multiple games.

The Crimson Tide appear to want to use their tight ends in multiple ways in the future including as extra blockers along the line of scrimmage. Fisher looks as if he can assist the Tide with this mission.

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills

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Petition calls on State of Alabama to fund fix for Prichard sewer system after spills


Sewage overflows during storms in Prichard are sending wastewater into local waterways that feed Mobile Bay, prompting an environmental group to push for state funding to upgrade aging infrastructure.

Mobile Baykeeper says sewage overflows during storms flow into Three Mile Creek, then into the Mobile River, and ultimately end up in Mobile Bay. The group said that last week, during heavy rain, more than 256,000 gallons of sewage spilled into Gum Tree Branch and Three Mile Creek.

Mobile Baykeeper has launched a petition seeking funding from the state of Alabama to fix Prichard’s old water infrastructure.



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