Weather and Critical Events

Truckers will have to keep chained up this week as more snowstorms hit the Cascades and Rockies (video forecast included).

Fire officials say high winds may be partially responsible for a barge hitting a transmission tower in Virginia.

A snowstorm early this week could delay truckers and supply chains from the Southeast to the mid-Atlantic (video forecast included).

Recent Sierra snowfall has been bad for transportation but good for ski resorts and watersheds.

Truckers will have to dodge severe storms and possible tornadoes in the South on the cusp of the new year (video forecast included).

These are five of the worst winter storms to hit the U.S. on or around the new year.

Truckers in the Midwest will hit heavy snow, high winds and whiteouts beginning New Year’s Eve (video forecast included).

Truckers may have to dodge severe storms again in the South as 2021 ends (video forecast included).

It’s an “all-hands-on-deck situation” as a blizzard leads to power outages and road closures in the Sierra Nevada.

A few more feet of snow with whiteout conditions are likely this week in the Sierra Nevada (video forecast included).

For truckers dreaming of a white Christmas, FreightWaves has mapped out the most likely areas for it to happen.

As much as 10 feet of snow could pile up in parts of the Mountain West by the end of Christmas weekend (video forecast included).

These are six storms in U.S. history that have wreaked havoc on transportation at Christmastime.

The first day of winter will be a wet and stormy one for most truckers in Florida (video forecast included).

Truckers will hit high winds and several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada Christmas week (video forecast included).

FreightWaves takes a look back at some of the most destructive weather events of 2021 and their impacts on freight.

A truck driver didn’t survive a rollover after severe winds struck his 18-wheeler in Iowa.

A compilation of the past week in social media images includes a blizzard out West, a Plains dust storm and a late-season wildfire.

Truckers will hit heavy snow and whiteout conditions this weekend in the Washington Cascades (video forecast included).

Truckers will face high winds Thursday in much of the Great Lakes region, with blowing snow in some areas (video forecast included).