ALABAMA (WHNT) — With late September being the last time North Alabama has seen rainfall, the combination of warmer temperatures, low humidity, and drying vegetation is causing a very high risk for wildfires.
“It’s been really dry across the Tennessee Valley,” said News 19 Chief Meteorologist Danielle Dozier. “In fact, 36% of the state is facing drought conditions. and here locally, limestone county is facing the worst.”
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Dozier says that North Alabama has not seen measurable rainfall so far in October.
“If the month ended today, it would go down as one of the driest Octobers on record-tying 1924, and that’s with records dating back to the late 1800s,” said Dozier…