Weather and Critical Events

“The physical risk to individuals is significant,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said of extreme heat’s impact on outdoor workers.

Truckers will have to dodge severe thunderstorms this week from the Desert Southwest to the interior Northeast (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to try to stay cool as more record-breaking triple-digit heat chokes parts of the West (forecast video included).

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure deal, plus more Americans planning to hit the roads this summer, means more workers need protection from the elements.

The past week in images features a funnel spawned by a wildfire, a trucker who drove his rig into a river and a train honoring the armed forces.

Truckers will have to keep cool as highs far exceeding 100 degrees spread across several Western states (forecast video included).

After killing one person in Florida Wednesday, Tropical Storm Elsa will move up the East Coast over the next two days (forecast video included).

Updating climate normals can help people plan for changes in commodity production and demand, impacting freight capacity down the road.

Some ports remain off-limits to incoming and outgoing vessels as Tropical Storm Elsa gets closer to a Florida landfall (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa will produce areas of wind and flood damage in the Southeast beginning Tuesday (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa is nearing landfall in Cuba, with U.S. mainland impacts beginning Monday night (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa has killed at least three people in the Caribbean and is eyeing the U.S. mainland (forecast video included).

Hurricane Elsa is cruising through the Caribbean and still has potential to slam Florida early next week (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a flying car’s successful trip, a train decorated to celebrate inclusion and flooding that buried trucks.

Tropical Storm Elsa will slam Caribbean islands this weekend, followed by southern Florida early next week (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to slam some Caribbean islands this weekend, followed by southern Florida next week.

Truckers will have to keep beating triple-digit heat this week in the Northwest and Big Sky Country (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a dust storm, an explosive Navy test and a mobile national memorial.

Truckers may be more likely to be involved in accidents at railroad crossings in the Phoenix area than anywhere else in the country.

Truckers will hit temporary delays through the weekend due to severe storms from the Plains to the Midwest (forecast video included).