Tragically, the most wonderful time of year is often the deadliest.
Crash Facts, an annual report of the University of Alabama's Center for Advanced Public Safety and the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT), tallies the number of motor-vehicle fatalities around major holidays, when deadly crashes are more likely. In the past five years, an average of 11.8 fatalities occurred during the Christmas holiday period— about three days, depending on which weekday the holiday falls — in Alabama. An average of 10.4 Alabamians died in a crash around New Year's.
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following
counties, Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers,
Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale,
Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry,
Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter,
Talladega, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa.
* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
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