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
Former President Barack Obama has endorsed Joe Biden in a video saying Biden has “all the qualities we need in a president right now.”
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
Bernie Sanders has endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy.
The Navy says a sailor who was hospitalized in intensive care on Guam last week has died of coronavirus-related complications.
The severe weather that ripped through the Chattanooga area overnight caused catastrophic damage to portions of the EPB electric system.
Due to power outages caused by last night's storms in the Chattanooga area, the following First Horizon Bank financial centers are currently closed.
The Chickamauga Post Office, located at 7610 E. Brainerd Rd., in Chattanooga is temporary closed due to damage sustained in yesterday’s storm damage.
The Chattanooga Fire Department continues to respond to the hardest hit areas of the city following the recent round of severe weather.
Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), released a statement following devastating storms hitting the Chattanooga area.
OOLTEWAH, Tennessee (WDEF) - The line of damage from the tornadoes and storms last night stretches from East Brainerd in Chattanooga to the northeast. That took it through Collegedale and Ooltewah and into the Cleveland area. 14 people were transported…
Five people killed in Murray County
CHATTANOOGA (WDEF) - Just after the storms swept through Chattanooga, first responders had 300 active calls... all at once. They spent the night going through flooded and shredded neighborhoods. Early reports included several people taken to the hospital, but nothing…