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Morgan County AL EMA Locations of public storm shelters located in Morgan County, Alabama. Shelters are open following the issuance of a Tornado Watch for the County by the National Weather Service.

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Fire Danger Advisory Issued for 22 Alabama Counties

The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) has issued a Fire Danger Advisory for Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clark, Crenshaw, Conecuh, Covington, Dallas, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Limestone, Lowndes, Jackson, Madison, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Pickens, Sumter, and Washington counties in the west-central and southwest areas effective immediately until significant rainfall is received. Abnormally warm and dry conditions leading into November will result in increasing wildfire potential and resistance to control, particularly in forests impacted by drought and beetle kill.
“Dead pine trees from last year’s drought and the resulting southern pine beetle outbreak this year are contributing to fire intensity, which challenges containment efforts and presents additional hazards to firefighters,” said AFC Fire Analyst Ethan Barrett. “This weather pattern featuring above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation is predicted for the next few weeks, allowing for worsening drought impacts and a likely increase in wildfires until more frequent rain returns.”
Drought development has led to a steady rise in wildfire activity across Alabama in the last few weeks. Both number and size of wildfires have increased. In the past 30 days, 201 wildfires have burned approximately 2,738 acres. About half of those fires and more than half of that acreage occurred in the last seven days, including a 500-acre fire in Calhoun County, one for 220 acres in Greene County, a 105-acre fire in Mobile County, and another 100-acre fire in Calhoun County.
Although the AFC is not currently issuing a burn restriction, the agency strongly discourages any outdoor burning until conditions improve.

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How to Help After Hurricane Helene

ATLANTA - There are many ways to help those affected by Hurricane Helene across the Southeast. Here are some of the organizations providing support to people who experienced loss from the storm:

Get in Touch: Family and friends of people in disaster-affected areas are urged to check social network sites for information about your loved ones. Visit https://www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/contact-and-locate-loved-ones.html

Text. Don’t Call: Texting leaves lines open for emergencies.

How to Help: Cash donations are the most effective way to help after a disaster. Visit https://www.fema.gov/disaster/recover/volunteer-donate

Additionally, National VOAD members and partners are assisting communities in need. National VOAD members and partners will serve these communities as long as necessary. There is no request for donations outside of cash. do not send unsolicited donated goods, and please do not self-deploy.

Alabama - Alabama VOAD https://www.alvoad.org/

Florida - FLVOAD https://voadflorida.wpengine.com/

Georgia - Georgia VOAD https://www.gavoad.org/

Kentucky - Kentucky Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster https://www.kentuckyvoad.org/

North Carolina - North Carolina Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster https://www.ncvoad.org/

South Carolina - https://scemd.org/recover/volunteer-and-donate/

Tennessee - Tennessee VOAD https://www.tnvoad.org/

Thanks to everyone that helped at the fire tonight, we are very grateful that all of you have our back!

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I want to thank everyone that came to help at the fire on Poplar Point Rd a couple days ago and just thank everyone in general for responding to all of the fires over the past couple weeks. We really do have a great group of firefighters in this county. We are not perfect but we are constantly making steps in the right direction and that's what matters the most, especially with everything changing so rapidly in our county. Keep up the good work! Also I want to thank GEEZBURGER for the breakfast they provided for our firefighters, we appreciate all of the support we get from our community!