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Weather Alert

Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Daily heat index values of 100 to 107.

* WHERE...Portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western
Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT /8 PM EDT/ Friday.

* IMPACTS...Prolonged exposure to hot temperatures and high humidity
may cause heat illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The first prolonged stretch of heat and
humidity of the season will amplify health impacts. Health impacts
will build with each successive day in the heat and humidity.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

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Fatal crashes on the rise in Missouri

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(WSIL) -- Nearly two dozen people died on Missouri roadways last week. People not wearing their seat belts are partially to blame.

Data shows 15 of those deaths were in passenger cars and 10 of those people were not buckled up.

Sergeant Clark Parrott with the Missouri State Highway Patrol says deadly crashes are on the rise across the state this year.

"Last year at this time 405 people had died on Missouri's roadways and we are already 429 this year. Those numbers, when you consider last year at this time, a lot of people were locked down due to COVID. We were increased over 2019. So if you go back for about the last three years we're on a about a 20% increase," said Sgt. Parrott, PIO, MSHP.

Parrott tells News 3 crashes overall in southeast Missouri are down.

Anytime you get in your vehicle, he says, you should buckle up and put down your phone.