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Flood risk rising in southern states

Cars and trucks on a very rainy day.

Several more rounds of heavy rain will drench parts of the South the rest of the week, leading to potential flash flooding.

Flash flooding in Myrtle Beach at Sonshine printing at the intersection of Kings Highway and Joe White Avenue. #scwx #ncwx pic.twitter.com/feo8eMpOii

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A frontal boundary stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Southeast Coast will remain stalled over these regions possibly through the weekend. Waves of energy moving along the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flood-risk-rising-in-southern-states

Hot Shots: Wildfires, floods, lucky landing and more

Photo montage of a tractor-trailer in the rain and a flatbed surrounded by wildfire smoke.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features huge Western wildfires, devastating floods in Colorado, a successful emergency airplane landing and more.

Wicked wildfires

Dozens of large wildfires are still burning in 13 states, most of them in the West. As of Thursday, these fires had burned almost 1.5 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The fires have been...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-wildfires-floods-lucky-landing-and-more

Flood risk for truckers across Southwest

Tractor-trailer heading down desert highway in the rain.

Monsoonal thunderstorms will continue to soak parts of the Desert Southwest through the weekend. This will help chip away at the drought, but the rain could be too much at once in some spots on any given day.

Storms will be scattered Wednesday, becoming more widespread late this week and into the weekend as a more organized weather system impacts the region. Storms will be capable of producing locally heavy rain, strong winds and blowing dust.

Intense rain rates and prolonged rainfall, combined...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flood-risk-for-truckers-across-southwest

Wet weekend ahead for truckers in Eastern US

Tractor-trailer heading down a wet highway.

Truckers will face a wet weekend from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast.

Parts of southeastern Missouri and southern Illinois have already seen up to 5 inches of rain and flash flooding Friday morning due to a slow-moving cold front stretching from the Plains all the way to eastern Canada. This was based on radar estimates.

This front will gradually move southward over the weekend, dousing areas of the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys, as well as the Northeast, with heavy rain. On...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/wet-weekend-ahead-for-truckers-in-eastern-us

Flood risk stays afloat amid Southwest monsoons

Tractor-trailer heading down a desert highway with storm cloud behind it.

Truckers will have to dodge monsoonal thunderstorms for another day in the Desert Southwest.

An unstable, humid air mass over the region will produce more storms Wednesday. Some of them could produce periods of torrential rainfall in some places, leading to potential flash flooding and possible road closures.

The National Weather Service has flash flood watches in place across large portions of Arizona and New Mexico, as well as smaller sections of southeastern Utah and southern Colorado. Rain...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flood-risk-stays-afloat-amid-southwest-monsoons

Truckers facing severe storm risks across US

Tractor-trailers heading down wet highway with lighting across a night sky.

Heat and humidity are building up across several areas of the country, leading to good odds of truckers running into showers and thunderstorms. Storms could become particularly strong to severe in some places the next couple of days.

Tuesday

Severe storms will be scattered across two pockets of the country Tuesday — one in the Plains, the other in the Northeast.

Gusty winds, large hail and a few isolated tornadoes could impact drivers on the Interstate 25 and 90 corridors from Billings, Montana,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-facing-severe-storm-risks-across-us

Hot Shots: Flying car, commemorative train, major floods and more

Montage of a Union Pacific train and alit up tractor-trailer, with the 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 the successful journey of a flying car prototype, a train painted to celebrate Juneteenth and inclusion, as well as massive floods that submerged trucks and washed out roads.

Detroit downpours

It rained cats and dogs across Michigan last weekend, with several inches recorded in many locations Saturday. Some parts of the Detroit metropolitan area...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-flying-car-commemorative-train-major-floods-and-more

Tropical Storm Elsa to lash Caribbean islands

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Elsa.

Tropical Storm Elsa quickly developed late Wednesday night as it moved slowly across the western Atlantic. It’s making a beeline for the Caribbean, possibly followed by southern Florida.

As of 5 a.m. EDT Thursday, Elsa was a low-end tropical storm, centered about 865 miles southeast of the Windward Islands and producing maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Winds have to be 39 mph to qualify as a tropical storm.

(Map: FreightWaves SONAR Critical Events, Tropical Storm Elsa, Thursday, July 2, 2021, 5...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-elsa-to-lash-caribbean-islands

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 facing severe storm threat in heartland

Tractor-trailer heading down a highway with lightning across a dark sky.

Truckers will hit more nasty storms and torrential downpours the next few days from the Plains to the Midwest.

Some parts of these regions suffered wind and hail damage the past two days, with more waves of storms lasting through the weekend. Some places could get hit by multiple storms.

Thursday

Look for scattered to widespread areas of severe winds (at least 58 mph), large hail (at least 1 inch in diameter) and isolated tornadoes Thursday from far eastern Colorado to the Upper Great Lakes. This...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-facing-severe-storm-threat-in-heartland

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