diff --git a/modules/weather.py b/modules/weather.py
index bc37355..8fd6dcb 100644
--- a/modules/weather.py
+++ b/modules/weather.py
@@ -39,31 +39,39 @@ def draw_format_infos(infos, width, height, fnt_R, fnt_B, label_margin, align_he
 
         return image
 
-def display_longtext(draw, pos, text, font, maxwidth=9999, **kwargs):
+def display_longtext(draw, pos, text, font, anchor="lt", maxwidth=9999, **kwargs):
         x,y = pos
-        words = text.split(" ")
-
         lines = []
-        cur = ""
-        while len(words) > 0:
-                added = (" " if len(cur) > 0 else "") + words[0]
-                width = font.getsize(cur + added)[0]
-                if width < maxwidth:
-                        words.pop(0)
-                        cur += added
-                else:
-                        lines.append(cur)
-                        cur = words.pop(0)
 
-        if len(cur) > 0:
-                lines.append(cur)
+        mainlines = text.split("\n")
+        for line in mainlines:
+            words = line.split(" ")
+
+            cur = ""
+            while len(words) > 0:
+                    added = (" " if len(cur) > 0 else "") + words[0]
+                    width = font.getsize(cur + added)[0]
+                    if width < maxwidth:
+                            words.pop(0)
+                            cur += added
+                    else:
+                            lines.append(cur)
+                            cur = words.pop(0)
+
+            if len(cur) > 0:
+                    lines.append(cur)
 
         line_height = font.getsize("test")[1]
-        y -= line_height * len(lines) / 2
+        if anchor[1] == "m":
+                y -= line_height * len(lines) / 2
+        elif anchor[1] == "b":
+                y -= line_height * len(lines)
         for line in lines:
-                draw.text((x,y), line, font=font, **kwargs)
+                draw.text((x,y), line, font=font, anchor=anchor, **kwargs)
                 y += line_height
 
+        return line_height * len(lines)
+
 class WeatherToolbarModule:
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -303,7 +311,7 @@ class WeatherAlertsModule:
                 fnt_R = ImageFont.truetype(config.fnt_R_path, 16)
                 fnt_B = ImageFont.truetype(config.fnt_RB_path, 16)
 
-                align = 10
+                align = 9
                 for alert in alerts:
                         if alert["severity"] == "watch" or alert["title"].startswith("Moderate"):
                                 icon = "wi-small-craft-advisory.png"
@@ -340,15 +348,14 @@ class WeatherAlertsModule:
 
                         align += fnt_B.getsize(alert["title"])[1]
 
-                        draw.multiline_text(
+                        align += display_longtext(
+                                draw,
                                 (self.icon_size - 5, align),
                                 alert["description"],
-                                fill="white", font=fnt_R
+                                fill="white", font=fnt_R,
+                                maxwidth=width-self.icon_size-5
                         )
-                        align += draw.multiline_textsize(
-                                alert["description"],
-                                font=fnt_R
-                        )[1]
+                        align += 7
 
         image = image.crop((0,0,width, align))