Dothan Fire and Rescue was dispatched to a wreck at Westgate Parkway and Montgomery Highway.
Early reports indicated at least three vehicles were involved in the wreck. On-scene units reported moderate damage from two vehicles.
Injuries are currently unknown. Traffic is backing up in the southbound lane of Montgomery Highway, and the northbound lane is being detoured.
Photo from ALGO Traffic.
H5N1, commonly known as bid flu, has been detected in wild birds in surrounding counties, but detections in poultry are limited mostly to north Alabama.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Jackson County has detected two wild infected birds, and Okaloosa County has detected one infected bird.
The majority of Florida counties have seen infections; the northwestern part of the state has not shown as many infections as the peninsula. Eastern Brevard County and Orange County are the most affected, respectively detecting 380 and 51 infections in wild birds.
In Georgia, Seminole County reports 11 detections of infection in wild birds.
Barbour County is currently the closest Alabama county showing wild bird infections, with nine cases detected.
When it comes to poultry flocks, cases are not yet widespread in the south.
Alabama has not seen many commercial and backyard flock infections; the state reports six flocks being infected, Chilton, Pickens, Cullman, Etowah, Marshall and Lawrence Counties each report one flock being infected. All six flocks total just under 471,000 sick birds.
Georgia and Florida do not report any nearby flock infections.
A case of bird flu in a human in Louisiana led the CDC to believe the disease has mutated to be more transmissible. The patient was likely infected after having contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock. The agency said the mutations it identified in samples taken during the patient’s hospitalization weren’t found in the birds, suggesting they aren’t in the virus widely circulating in wildlife.
The CDC stands by the idea the risk to the public is low.
Still, there have been 65 confirmed human cases of H5N1 in 2024; 39 cases were associated with dairy herds, 23 came from poultry farms, and the remaining 2 cases are unclear when it comes to the source. The severe case in Louisiana is the only one associated with a backyard flock.
Now is the time to register to get your kids involved in the Dothan American League.
Registration is open until January 31. Tryouts are on February 8.
Boys and girls ages 5-12 can register.
Registration is $75.
Tonight (through 7am EST/6am CST Sunday):
There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe weather generally along and west of the Flint and Apalachicola Rivers and a Marginal Risk (Level 1 of 5) for severe weather for areas east to a Tallahassee to Ashburn line. This is for tonight (before Sunday morning at 7am EST/6am CST).
Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are possible ahead of a line of showers and thunderstorms that will advance east into tonight. The isolated storms ahead of the line, if they develop, will be capable of all modes of severe weather, including damaging gusts up to 60 mph, hail, and tornadoes. The main line of storms will be capable of mainly damaging wind and a few tornadoes.
Sunday (after 7am EST/6am CST):
There is a Slight Risk (Level 2 of 5) for severe weather for nearly our entire area on Sunday.
A broken line of showers and thunderstorms, some strong to severe, is forecast to march east across the area Sunday morning into early Sunday afternoon. All modes of severe weather remain possible through the event.
Emergency units were dispatched to a vehicle rollover at Highway 231 and County Road 18 in Newton.
Early reports indicate a truck with a trailer full of lawnmowers rolled over, and the side of the road is on fire.
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