Winter Storm Leon freezes Alabama: newspaper front pages

Many newspaper subscribers in Alabama and Georgia won’t see today’s front page. Not unless their carrier has snow tires or a hover car.

Winter Storm Leon hit Alabama and Georgia Tuesday with an unexpected 1 to 2 inches of midday snow. The sudden accumulation in freezing temperatures created roadway hazards for cities in both states. A reported five are dead, with hundreds of vehicles temporarily abandoned along interstate highways and roads.

Thousands of children in Hoover, along with several hundred in Birmingham, stayed overnight in school with their teachers. (More than 11,000 students statewide remained in their schools.) Motorists who abandoned their cars and trucks found shelter at nearby businesses and churches, while many stuck it out at their workplaces.

Below are today’s newspapers, with front pages showing Leon’s aftermath.

Alabama

The Anniston Star

The Birmingham News

The Decatur Daily

Dothan Eagle

The (Florence) TimesDaily

The Gadsden Times

The Huntsville Times

(Mobile) Press-Register

The Montgomery Advertiser

The Opelika-Auburn News

The Selma Times-Journal

The Tuscaloosa News

Georgia

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The (Canton) Cherokee Tribune

The (Carrollton) Times-Georgian

The Douglas County Sentinel

The Gwinnett Daily Post

The Marietta Daily Journal

Also:

• April 27 tornadoes: Alabama newspaper front pages
  
• April 27 tornadoes: national newspaper front pages
• April 27 tornadoes: international newspaper front pages

Posted: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 5:00 pm, in B'ham, Bama, Hoover.
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