DeKalb County honors the 35 lives lost to a deadly tornado on April 27, 2011, with a 15-year memorial in Rainsville.

Monday marks 15 years since the devastating April 27, 2011, tornado outbreak that hit Alabama and many other states.

This weekend is the state's severe weather preparedness sales tax holiday. That provides added incentive to get ready for tornadoes and damaging thunderstorms. In north Alabama, the question isn't if ...