Flooding remains a concern as Alabama approaches the New Year’s holiday. The state is still drying out and cleaning up from tornadoes that hit Tuscaloosa County and Birmingham. The National Weather Service says a warm Christmas week contributed to the instability that generated the twisters. Forecasters expect the unseasonably warm conditions to persist until Thursday. And, with Alabama’s rivers still saturated with water from last week week’s storms, weather watchers say any more rain could create more flooding. Volunteers are distributing sandbags around the state, including the town of Elba. The Pea River was projected to crest over the weekend at 43 feet, about a foot below the levees that protect the area.
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