30-05-2025
Tree splits open Daphne mobile home with children inside
DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Daphne woman's home was split in half by a tree after severe storms swept through the Eastern Shore.
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She's just glad her family wasn't hurt, but she's now having to start her life over.
It was a devastating morning for Shirley Walton, who was running a quick errand at the grocery store until her daughter called to let her know that a tree had struck her home.
'She said a tree just fell straight through the house!' Walton explained. 'And I said, 'You got to be joking.' She said, 'No ma'am, thing came straight through the kitchen.''
Walton said her daughter and her three grandchildren were inside the house, including her youngest grandson, who is only three months old.
'She said the kids was in the living room there, and it was hit down,' Walton explained. 'They were howling and screaming and stuff, and so I said, 'I'm on my way.' And so I come home, and I was like, 'Oh my God.''
Belforest volunteer firefighters removed the tree and comforted Walton, who was devastated by the destruction.
'I really can't think straight right now,' she expressed. 'I'm right now wondering where [I'm going to] put my head at.'
Walton's family started a GoFundMe to help with relief efforts, but she's glad everyone made it out unharmed.
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'I thank the Lord for that!' she praised.
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