Hot Shots: Hurricane, summer snow, container ship cluster

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 Hurricane Nicholas’ Texas landfall, summer snow in Alaska, cargo ships stuck off Southern California and more.

Nasty Nicholas

Hurricane Nicholas struck the Texas coast, making landfall as a Category 1 storm Tuesday near Matagorda Bay. Flooding and power outages ensued due to sustained 75-mph winds, torrential rain and several feet of storm...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-hurricane-summer-snow-and-container-ship-cluster

Truckers to hit more potential flooding along Gulf Coast

Tractor-trailers on a rainy day.

Hurricane Nicholas, now a remnant low-pressure system, will continue to drench portions of the Gulf Coast.

Nicholas made landfall early Tuesday morning along the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and flooding portions of the state. Winds have weakened since landfall, but the flood threat continues across the Deep South.

Related: Roundup: Ida’s impact on the supply chain; drivers needed

The system was centered in south-central Louisiana...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-to-hit-more-potential-flooding-along-gulf-coast

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