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Truckers, especially over-the-road drivers, will hit all kinds of disruptive weather this week from coast to coast.
A low-pressure system and associated cold front moved onto the West Coast late Sunday night and will continue to spread rain across the Southwest and Four Corners regions Monday and Tuesday.
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Most of the meaningful rain will drench Southern California, with 2 to 4 inches likely in parts of the Los Angeles and San Diego areas....
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Truckers will hit more wet and slushy conditions this weekend from the Great Lakes to the Northeast.
Two cold fronts will produce periods of mixed precipitation — rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain — Friday and Saturday. Most travel impacts will be across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio through Friday night and early Saturday morning, then from West Virginia to Maine the rest of Saturday. Gusty winds may lead to occasional blowing snow and reduced visibility.
The...
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Roads remain closed in parts of the Northwest due to recent flooding.
Constant flow of atmospheric moisture off the Pacific into the Northwest has drenched the region since Sunday, resulting in high water, mudslides and landslides. Similar issues could arise in southern British Columbia as well.
SR 112 in Clallam County
Our emergency contract is making great progress clearing a large landslide at milepost 15.8 near Clallam Bay.
from Monday, Feb. 28 by our field crews!
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A persistent atmospheric river of moisture off the Pacific has been flowing into the Northwest since the weekend. Periods of heavy rain have flooded roads and resulted in closures due to landslides.
A section of U.S. Highway 101, about 25 miles northwest of Olympia, Washington, remains closed in both directions due to a landslide. This is according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
A look at the blockage on US 101 at Purdy Cutoff Road. Trees and part of the hillside have...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/record-rain-floods-parts-of-northwest
As storms continue dumping snow in the high elevations of the Cascades, wet weather could be an issue for truckers in the valleys.
A few more rounds of heavy rain will hit the lowlands and coastal areas of western Washington and Oregon over the next two days, fading later Friday. This will impact travel and could cause delays from the Interstate 5 corridor west to the U.S. Highway 101 corridor, including the Seattle and Portland freight markets.
Rain totals through Friday may reach 3 to 6 inches...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/flood-risk-elevated-as-storms-pound-pacific-northwest
Several storm systems will be tracking into the West Coast this week and over the upcoming Christmas weekend, producing moderate to heavy snow and rain beginning Wednesday.
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The storms will primarily impact the Cascades in southern Oregon and northern California, as well as the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. However, travel could also become hazardous across the Rockies at times. Carriers, shippers and customers should...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/storms-out-west-could-snarl-last-minute-christmas-shipments
A strong storm system will move from the Pacific into the West Coast late Saturday into Sunday, producing the heaviest amount of precipitation for the region since late October.
The potential impact zone will stretch from Oregon to areas of Southern California. Truckers should expect heavy rain in lower elevations and valleys of the Cascades and Sierra Nevada, heavy snow in higher elevations and strong winds at all locations.
Major cities within this zone include Portland, Oregon, and San...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/major-storm-heading-to-western-us
Hawaii’s governor has declared a state of emergency as a major storm has left thousands of customers without electricity and continues to produce potentially “catastrophic flooding.”
In a , Gov. David Ige said he signed the emergency declaration as heavy rains from a “Kona low,” a type of seasonal cyclone in the Hawaiian Islands, were expected to “continue to cause flooding and damage” across the state.
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The decision, he said, would...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/state-of-emergency-declared-in-hawaii-amid-major-flooding