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High winds boosting rollover risk for truckers in Southwest

White CSX trailer tipped over onto side of a highway.

Truckers will have to battle wind gusts exceeding 50 mph Wednesday and possibly Thursday across the Four Corners region and other parts of the Southwest. This will increase the risk of rollovers not only for drivers who are deadheading (hauling empty dry van or temperature-controlled trailers), but even for drivers carrying full truckloads of freight.

Target areas

Gusts will range from 45 to 55 mph in many portions of southeastern California, including Barstow; southern Nevada, including Las...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/high-winds-boosting-rollover-risk-for-truckers-in-southwest

Hot Shots: Snowstorm, wildfire, dust storm

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a 100-vehicle pileup in a Midwest snowstorm, another winter California wildfire and a dust storm in the Southwest.

Gridlock

A powerful storm Thursday produced freezing rain and heavy snow in the Midwest. Truckers and other drivers were delayed in spots from the Upper Mississippi Valley through the Great Lakes region. Accidents led to a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-snowstorm-wildfire-dust-storm

High risk of rollovers in windy West

A cold front moving through the Desert Southwest will kick up high winds Tuesday, leading to an elevated risk of rollovers for truckers.

Winds began increasing Monday in a few areas, including Reno, Nevada, and South Lake Tahoe, California, where gusts came close to 50 mph. Winds will get stronger Tuesday.

The National Weather Service has issued wind advisories across a fairly large region covering southern Nevada, southeastern California, the southern Sierra Nevada, the San Joaquin and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/high-risk-of-rollovers-in-windy-west

Hot Shots: Blizzard, dust storm, brush fire

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features whiteout conditions in the Upper Midwest, dusty conditions in the northern Plains and a California brush fire fanned by high winds.

Whiteout

An Alberta Clipper system — a fast-moving winter storm that typically enters the north-central U.S. from Canada — hit the Upper Midwest on Thursday. It dumped 3 to 7 inches of snow in northern parts...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-blizzard-dust-storm-brush-fire

Hot Shots: Blizzard, dust storm, wildfire

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a blizzard in the Sierra Nevada, a dust storm across the Plains and an Oklahoma late-season wildfire.

Sierra snow

A series of storms has slammed the Sierra Nevada this week, dumping more than 6 feet of snow in some spots, according to the National Weather Service. Not unusual for this region in December, but it creates trouble for...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-blizzard-dust-storm-wildfire

Hot Shots: Fierce fire, cool clouds, floods and more

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features dust blowing across Montana, saucer-like clouds in North Carolina, a train track warped by flooding and more.

Montana madness

High winds ripped across Montana for three consecutive days this week, with gusts topping 100 mph near the Rocky Mountain Front. Gusts across the plains of central and northern Montana ranged from 60 to 85 mph.

Maj...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-fierce-fire-cool-clouds-floods-and-more

High-wind threat for truckers in Plains, Northeast

Truckers will face more dangerous winds Thursday across the northern Plains, mainly in Montana.

Strong gusts have been sweeping across Big Sky Country most of the week, flipping 18-wheelers and kicking up dust and dirt. While the threat Thursday won’t be as widespread, the National Weather Service still has high-wind warnings posted for parts of northern, central and southern Montana.

Once again we have a tractor trailer blown over near Browning, MT. High winds are expected for the rest of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/high-wind-threat-for-truckers-in-plains-northeast

Hot Shots: Fire train, dust storm, fierce flood

Montage of a train, along with a tractor-trailer driving through sand and dust.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features old train cars fitted with water tanks for firefighting, a deadly wreck caused by a sandstorm, a trucker who misjudged floodwaters and more.

Track record

As large wildfires continued to burn out West this week, response teams got help from a unique source — converted freight trains. Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) deployed one of its water trains to the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-fire-train-dust-storm-fierce-flood

Hot Shots: Dust storm, shock waves at sea, memorial on a truck and more

Line of tractor-trailers on a highway at night with "FreightWaves Hot Shots" logo.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a dust storm smothering part of Idaho, a booming Navy test of an aircraft carrier and a national memorial that is trucked across the country.

Tropical troubles

Tropical Storm Claudette, the third named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, slammed parts of the South last weekend as it rolled ashore. The deadly storm produced major flash flooding...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-dust-storm-shock-waves-at-sea-memorial-on-a-truck-and-more

Truckers rank the most dangerous weather conditions: Part 2

Dust torm rolling across an Arizona highway.

Last month, FreightWaves asked professional truckers to rank some of the most dangerous weather conditions they face while on the job. Of the four choices, freezing rain/ice ranked No. 1. We wanted their feedback again, this time about dust storms, hailstorms and tornadoes. Based on a brief social media survey, here’s what they had to say.

Hailstorms
66.7% of the votes

Severe thunderstorms that produce large hail typically hit the Plains and Southeast in the spring. However, they can strike at...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/truckers-rank-the-most-dangerous-weather-conditions-part-2