Southern U.S. Storms (2011)

Email Hollani Follow Hollani on FacebookHollani Davis is co-anchor of WDBJ7 at 11, and anchors My19 at 10 p.m.Since joining Your Hometown News Leader in 2006, Hollani has anchored several high-profile events, including the 2011 deadly shootings on the...

Tuesday, May 1I enjoyed a trip down memory lane last night, when I had the pleasure of serving as emcee for William Byrd High School's Open House.  I am a 1989 graduate of Byrd, and loved seeing the many improvements made to the school. As part of a...

On Jan. 22 and 23, 2012, more than 37 tornadoes struck the southern USA. Ten of them tore across the Lower Mississippi Valley into Alabama. Worst hit were St. Clair and Jefferson County, Ala., where 2 people were killed, about 100 others injured, and...

The following are the top five local weather events in 2011 as voted on by the staff of the Blacksburg National Weather Service Office. You'll notice nearly all of the events were storm related, specifically tornadoes. 1. (Tie): The April 27th-28th...

From extreme drought, heat waves and floods to unprecedented tornado outbreaks, hurricanes, wildfires and winter storms, a record 12 weather and climate disasters in 2011 each caused $1 billion or more in damages — and most regrettably, loss of...

AccuWeather.com reports more than one round of thunderstorms producing tornadoes has already struck the South this January with the latest hitting the Deep South, and Alabama in particular, hard early this week. Many people are asking whether tornadoes...

Before Hurricane Irene hit the east coast, the United States had already seen nine weather disasters this year that have caused $1 billion or more in damage. This ties the record set in 2008 for largest number of costly disasters. This year, we've seen...

Comments, questions, concerns, story ideas, etc. email me at:  sbahorich@wdbj7.com   January 4, 2012 Happy New Year, Baby New Year!!!! Welcome to the first edition of the 2012 Blog-horich. I've been slacking people, I'm sorry! First off, Happy belated...

Here are some of your emails on issues in the local news or local news coverage. *** I just watched your reporter on the 11 o'clock news interview the Mayor of Roanoke re: the U.S. Postal Service plan to eliminate 35,000 jobs.  The mayor dramatically...

It's the million dollar question. Correction. It's the 360-plus million dollar question and everyone with any ties to college football has been asked it one time or another over the past several weeks: What are your thoughts on a playoff? Alabama coach...

Pleasant weather continues today with highs in the mid to upper 70s across central Indiana.  Like yesterday I wouldn’t be surprised to see some fair weather cumulus setting up at times, but for most of the day we should see mostly clear skies. ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- When deadly twisters chewed through the South and Midwest in 2011, thousands of people in the killers' paths had nowhere to hide. Now many of those families are taking an unusual extra step to be ready next time: adding tornado...