Weather and Critical Events

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ALAN has expanded its website to include information about recovery needs in Hawaii.

NOAA now says there is double the chance for above-normal Atlantic hurricane activity from May forecasts.

Tomorrow.io’s satellite constellation will transmit near-real-time scans of precipitation, ocean and atmospheric profiles for any point on Earth.

Canadian railway CN is monitoring wildfires across several provinces and is adjusting operations as needed.

The capacity at Amazon’s Atlanta facility has doubled to 2.4 million disaster relief items ready for shipment.

At least six people are dead and dozens more injured after a dust storm caused several pileups on Interstate 55 in Illinois on Monday.

Increasingly volatile weather threatens safety and efficiency throughout transportation. Tomorrow.io’s weather intelligence is finally allowing teams to focus on drivers, not manual weather monitoring.

Weather has a significant impact on retailers, but most still rely on manual forecasting. Tomorrow.io’s advanced weather intelligence is changing the game.

Amid recession fears, industry experts reveal freight’s most untapped differentiator— next-generation weather technology.

Markets along the East Coast in the path of Tropical Depression Nicole are seeing relatively normal fluctuations in rejections in volume compared to previous severe storms.

Nicole is forecast to move through Florida to Georgia on Thursday and then to the Carolinas on Friday.

Hurricane Ian has not left any diesel fuel shortages in its wake and prices are steady. That’s not the case in California, where diesel is not as crazy as the gasoline market.

Here’s the latest on Ian’s supply chain impact from FreightWaves’ team of reporters and market experts.

Hurricane Ian is forecast to take a northwest turn Thursday night and make a second landfall along the South Carolina coast on Friday.

Major carriers are temporarily suspending service in some Florida ZIP codes as downgraded storm rages on.

Hurricane Ian came ashore in Fort Myers, Florida, just before noon Wednesday. Transportation is starting to feel the impact, with road and port closures in effect.

Ian came ashore as the fifth strongest hurricane to hit the United States, tied Laura and Ida.

A nonprofit trucking group is partnering with a volunteer-run disaster-relief organization to collect and deliver critical supplies as Hurricane Ian intensified into a Category 4 system and is expected to pound Florida’s southwest coast late Wednesday morning.

Hurricane Ian could slash the flow of Florida products to companies and consumers in the United States and abroad.