DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) - A post on the Dauphin Island Public Safety Facebook says authorities on the island responded to multiple calls for swimmers in distress this weekend. Sunday, the Dauphin ...

As beach towns go, Dauphin Island, Alabama, is relatively sleepy. Unlike nearby Gulf Shores or Panama City Beach, Florida, it has no water parks or mini-golf courses, and only two high-rise hotels.

Hurricane Katrina was a terrifying experience for more than a million people affected across the Gulf Coast region. Nearly 1,400 people died, most of them in New Orleans — and 20 years later, some ...