The iconic gold dome of the Mobile Civic Center collapsed Wednesday after the area received record-breaking snowfall.
Hank Carter said he heard a loud noise and his house shook, so he took his drone to the skies.
Mobile is in the process of demolishing the civic center to build a new arena.
Parts of Mobile received up to eight inches of snow, breaking previous records.
The condition of two 80-ton murals the city has been working to preserve is unknown.
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