mudslides

CDOT working feverishly to reopen damaged area of I-70

Mudslide debris on Interstate 70 in western Colorado.

Dry weather in recent days has allowed crews to work without interruption clearing mud and other debris from Interstate 70 in the Glenwood Canyon area of western Colorado. This was according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).

Related: Severe mudslides trigger I-70 closure in Colorado

The area was hit by severe mudslides and debris flows earlier this month, and a 17-mile stretch of the interstate remains closed to all traffic from Glenwood Springs and Dotero. CDOT has no...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cdot-working-feverishly-to-reopen-damaged-area-of-i-70

Tropical Storm Fred eyes US landfall this weekend

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Fred in the Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Fred became the sixth named storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season late Tuesday night.

Related: Logistics groups ready to help during potentially busy hurricane season

On average, the sixth named storm develops on Aug. 28, so Fred is more than two weeks ahead of schedule. This is according to a from Philip Klotzbach, a Colorado State University meteorologist who specializes in Atlantic basin hurricane season forecasts.

Klotzbach also said that, since 1966, only five other...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-fred-eyes-us-landfall-this-weekend

Hot Shots: Mudslides, floods, wildfires and more

Photo montage of a BNSF train and tractor-trailers in rain.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a Colorado highway washed out by a major mudslide, a trucker who misjudged floodwaters, a wildfire that leveled a California town and more.

Mudslide mayhem

Late last week, multiple rounds of heavy rain drenched western Colorado. Major damage hit Glenwood Springs and Glenwood Canyon the hardest as mudslides ensued, washing out portions of Interstate...

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

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

Hurricane Elsa eyeing the Caribbean this weekend

Satellite animation of Hurricane Elsa.

Note: Elsa became a hurricane after the embedded video was recorded.

Tropical Storm Elsa quickly strengthened into a hurricane Friday morning, making a beeline for the Caribbean. At 8 a.m. ET Friday, Elsa was centered just 20 miles southwest of Barbados.

Surface observations from Barbados indicate that Elsa’s maximum sustained winds have increased to near 75 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane. Gusts have reached 86 mph so far.

The Meteorological Service of Barbados has issued a hurricane...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hurricane-elsa-eyeing-the-caribbean-this-weekend

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