There is undoubtedly, significant damage done to the East Brainerd area after Sunday's tornado hit. Homes, businesses, and schools torn apart by the dangerous winds. Roofs torn off, exterior as well as interior damage done causing businesses that are already…
Trooper says the driver hit him with his vehicle as he sped off from a check point
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) - On Tuesday, Grace Baptist Academy leaders were on campus assessing buildings after a tornado swept through the area. “We definitely have structures that are just not going to be able to be used, so to speak,”…
CHATSWORTH, Georgia (WDEF) - Murray County officials say all of the fatalities from a tornado hit on Sunday night lived next door to each other. All seven victims lived in two mobile homes within 1,000 feet according to the Dalton…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Venue Church and Mercy Chefs from Alabama are serving free meals for anyone affected by the storms, in Tennessee or Georgia. It is for both victims and the people helping them. They are offering drive thru meals…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A church in East Brainerd on Igou Gap Road lost its sanctuary in the tornado Sunday night. But that's not stopping members of the church from enjoying the sweet sounds of music. At Cornerstone Church, the church's…
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - A dozen people have now died of the Coronavirus in Hamilton County. Health Department leaders announced the latest death this afternoon. There are also 2 new cases to report. That brings the total number to 109 cases…
For neighbors who have minor to moderate damage, the rebuilding stage is expected to be for weeks to even months. For the homes that are unsalvageable the road to recover is even longer.
ANDREWS, North Carolina (WDEF) - The roadblocks are being taken down in a small, North Carolina town in the mountains. But their mission continues. Mayor James Reid announced that he was taking down the road barricades he put up to keep…
grilles were snapped, fences moved onto roads, and a soccer goal swept away in the flooding.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn (WDEF) - Sunday night an EF-3 tornado roared through Hamilton County. Since the severe weather 2 people have lost their lives, 17 people hospitalized, and over 100 buildings damaged. For those affected clean up started bright and…
Officials also identify the second fatality from the Sunday tornado in Hamilton County
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Chattanooga, TN (WDEF) - 130 residents of two Chattanooga senior care facilities which were damaged by the tornado on Sunday night were transported to local hotels. Significant damage occurred to Morning Pointe of Chattanooga and The Lantern at Morning Pointe,…
Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 550,000 vehicles worldwide because the windshield wiper arms can come loose and stop the wipers from working properly.
High winds and tornadoes Sunday night damaged or destroyed about 70 residential buildings in Catoosa County.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Where do you go when a tornado makes your home unliveable? For many in our area, the answer is the YMCA in Hamilton County. Our Winston Reed has more on the search for shelter.
Volunteers needed Tuesday, call 423–310–0445 and 423–476–5493.
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - So far, we know about 9 fatalities across the Tennessee Valley from the storms and tornadoes Sunday night. A woman drowned in flood waters in Marion County. Seven people were killed in Murray County, Georgia. Two others…
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NASHVILLE (WDEF) - Governor Bill Lee began his daily Covid-19 briefing by remembering tornado victims in southeast Tennessee. He will come to our area on Tuesday to survey the damage. And he has been talking to FEMA about support for…
HAMILTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WDEF) - Down Jeffery Drive you likely won’t find a home untouched like many of the houses in the Holly Hills neighborhood after a storm swept through Sunday night. “All of the sudden in the middle of…
MURRAY COUNTY, Ga (WDEF) - A tornado ripped through Northwest Georgia late Sunday. Officials say that at least seven people have died due to the severe weather. The daylight Monday morning proved the damage was far worse than imaginable after…
A woman tried to get out of a stalled car and was swept away