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Baldwin County officials report flood damage assessment; highway worker praised for rescuing child
Summary
County emergency management officials said they have logged more than 100 damage reports after heavy April rains and are conducting joint state-local damage assessments; a county highway employee was recognized after rescuing a child from fast-moving floodwater.
Baldwin County emergency management officials on Wednesday updated the commission on damage from a recent intense rain event and described steps under way to document losses and seek aid if thresholds are met. Commissioners also formally recognized a highway employee who entered floodwater to help rescue a child.
Tom Tyler, representing Baldwin County Emergency Management (EMA), told the commission that certain areas — including Daphne, Spanish Fort, Stapleton and Bay Minette — received between 9 and 13 inches of rain over a short period and that county teams are in the middle of a damage-assessment process. “We had 103 events, logged into the state's disaster documentation program called Orion,” Tyler said. He…
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