Baldwin County’s Emergency Management Agency plans to go into operation today, ahead of the predicted arrival of the newly re-energized Tropical Storm Fred. The system is forecast to make landfall on the northern Gulf coast, at the border between Alabama and Florida Tuesday morning. Fred regained Tropical Strorm status after spending much of the weekend as a tropical wave in the lower Gulf of Mexico. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Grace formed Saturday in the Atlantic and is forecast to move closer to South Florida by midweek. APR’s Guy Busby has reported on a recent hurricane disaster drill in Baldwin County as well as the ongoing effort to repair damage from last year’s Hurricanes Sally and Zeta. Click below for these stories. Guy, and APR Gulf coast correspondent Lynn Oldshue, were also part of the team that produced a documentary on the long term impact of the BP Gulf oil spill, which was honored with APR’s fourth national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Editor's note--story updated 9:00 am