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One dead, one rescued when tree hits Birmingham house as Isaias sweeps Alabama
AL.com • • general
Key Points:
- A tree fell on a home in east Birmingham early Saturday morning during the weakened Isaias storm, killing one person and trapping another inside.
- Firefighters rescued one individual who was treated on-site and did not require hospitalization, while the second victim was found deceased in a bedroom.
- The incident occurred on Monterey Drive, where a power line was also down on the house, and this was the only reported injury or fatality in Jefferson County from the storm.
- Isaias has weakened to a post-tropical system but may still bring heavy rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph to north and central Alabama throughout the day.
