Weather and Critical Events

Truckers heading to the Northwest will have to beat triple-digit, record-breaking heat later this week (forecast video included).

The trucking industry has been taking it on the chin ever since the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River closed six weeks ago. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) shut it down on May 11 after one of the agency’s inspectors found a cracked beam in the span. Related: I-40 bridge over Mississippi River […]

Truckers may hit road closures on the Interstate 10 corridor as more downpours drench the Deep South (forecast video included).

After at least a dozen storm-related deaths, Tropical Storm Claudette will move into the Atlantic later Monday (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a driver stuck in his dangling truck, lingering snow in Oregon and an update on the I-40 Mississippi River bridge closing.

Tropical system could slow down freight flows this weekend in the lower Mississippi Valley (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to beat more dangerous triple-digit heat in several western states the rest of this week (forecast video included).

Powerful windstorms called derechos pose a serious threat to truckers, especially in the summer.

Truckers could run into areas of flooding this weekend in the lower Mississippi Valley as a potential tropical storm develops (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to try to keep cool as a prolonged heat wave sizzles all week across many Western freight markets (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a tornado spotted at thousands of feet in the air, a trucker saving an injured animal and a unique military aircraft fueling.

Truckers will hit a prolonged heat wave across Desert Southwest freight markets beginning this weekend(forecast video included).

Truckers will hit strong winds and a risk of rollovers Thursday in several Western states (forecast video included).

Based on fatal crash data, these are the five highway stretches where truckers should be the most careful.

Truckers may run into roadblocks the rest of the week due to flash flooding east of the Mississippi River (forecast video included).

Two Arizona wildfires, each more than 60,000 acres in size, have shut down state and U.S. routes (forecast video included).

Farmers in Texas and Louisiana have suffered at least $600 million in damage due to spring and winter storms.

Several more inches of rain may cause additional flash flooding this week along and east of the Mississippi River (forecast video included).

The president of the Arkansas Trucking Association estimates $2.4 million a day in trucking industry losses due to the I-40 Mississippi bridge closure.

This look at the past week in images features a container crane collapse, Alaska snow and a decorated semi trailer.