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Tractor-trailer pulled over in the rain on the side of a highway.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistFriday, May 21, 2021

Flood threat persists for truckers in Deep South

After flash flooding and record rainfall in parts of the South earlier this week, truckers face the same threat Friday (with forecast video).

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Plow truck clearing snowy Montana highway.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistWednesday, May 19, 2021

Snowstorm heading back to northern Rockies

Truckers will run into heavy snow in Montana and Idaho beginning Wednesday night (with forecast video).

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Swift tractor-trailer heading down snowy California highway.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistFriday, January 22, 2021

Parade of snowstorms to march through Western states

Truckers will hit periods of heavy snowfall and gusty winds out West for the next week (with forecast video).

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FedEx truck heading down highway with "Caution: High Winds" digital sign ahead.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistWednesday, January 20, 2021

Truckers to face Southwest smorgasbord of weather

Drivers will run into midweek heavy rain and snow, high wind from Texas to California (with forecast video).

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Driver pulled into a truck stop on a snow day.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistFriday, January 8, 2021

Texas snowstorm likely this weekend

Truckers may want to chain up. Weekend snow is in the forecast from the Panhandle to Dallas (with forecast video).

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Satellite animation of Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistThursday, October 8, 2020

Delta prompts hurricane warning for US Gulf Coast (with forecast video)

Thursday is the last day this week that carriers can pick up loads from some Gulf Coast markets. Hurricane Delta is to make landfall Friday.

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Heavy rain falling on windshield, as seen from inside a tractor-trailer.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistFriday, September 25, 2020

Beta’s remnants continue soaking the South (with forecast video)

Slow-moving rains may produce flash flooding from the Carolinas to the mid-Atlantic.

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Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistThursday, September 24, 2020

More delays for truckers as the South gets drenched (with forecast video)

After flash flooding and record rainfall from Texas to Mississippi Tuesday and Wednesday, risk remains in the South for another day.

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Two tractor-trailers, side by side, heading down wet highway.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistMonday, July 20, 2020

Thunderstorms could flood parts of US this week (with forecast video)

Multiple rounds of heavy storms this week could slow down truckers from the Rockies to the Appalachians. Flash flooding and roadblocks possible.

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Tractor-trailer heading down wet highway.

Nick Austin, Director of Weather Analytics and Senior MeteorologistMonday, June 15, 2020

Flooding could put damper on Southeast freight flows this week (with forecast video)

Truckers may run into roadblocks this week due to heavy rainfall from Carolinas to Virginia.