Heavy rains and floods in Eastern Australia put pressure on strained coal markets
| Commentary from Plamen Natzkoff, Senior Trade Expert at VesselsValue. Australia has declared a national emergency along the east coast of the country, following heavy rains that caused floods across New South Wales and southern parts of Queensland. The affected areas include the main coal producing regions of the country. Many coal mines in the region were already saturated by rains earlier in the season, and... |
Total U.S. flood damage costs approached $200 billion from 1988 through 2017, according to a 2021 study in the National Academy of Sciences journal. Approximately $73 billion of those damages were due to excess precipitation over the 29-year period, the study said.
Various technologies and infrastructure strategies have been implemented to better manage stormwater in cities, but much of that infrastructure is aging. Pluvial flooding, or flooding from rainfall, is an increasing issue in urban...
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Storm chasing on the ground has become more popular among the general public in the past 25 years, thanks in part to the popularity of the 1996 movie “Twister.” But above the ground, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters have been taking high-tech looks into tropical systems since the mid-1970s.
They play an important role in advancing science and saving lives. While satellites can track the movement of hurricanes, Hurricane Hunters allow scientists to...
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Truckers will hit areas of unsettled weather the next several days in the eastern half of the country.
A system producing mountain snowfall out West is exiting the Rockies and moving into the Plains. This system will produce wet and stormy weather Tuesday across the central and northern Plains in addition to the Upper Midwest. Storms could produce severe winds, large hail and an isolated tornado along Interstate 70 from central Kansas to Kansas City. Severe storms could also hit from Wichita to...
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Periods of blinding rainfall this week in the Southeast may stop truckers in their tracks at times.
A slow-moving cold front will move into the Mississippi Valley Tuesday, stalling over southern portions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama through Wednesday. The front will lift northward Thursday morning or afternoon, followed by a second cold front moving through the area Thursday night. Drivers should expect multiple rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall during this multiday event, with...
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Truckers will run into prolonged rainfall in parts of the nation’s midsection during the latter half of this week.
A storm system and cold front in the Rockies will move east over the next few days, entering portions of the Plains and Midwest by Wednesday. The front will move southward during the latter half of the week, eventually stalling before moving toward the East Coast early next week.
The threat of significant rainfall should persist through the weekend for places like Oklahoma City and...
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With no major winter storms in the forecast this week for the continental U.S., the focus remains on wet weather in the South.
Parts of the Tennessee and Ohio valleys were soaked with 3 to 5 inches of rainfall over the weekend. Some areas were also hit with damaging winds and large hail. The frontal system that triggered the stormy weather will stall along the Gulf Coast, keeping chances high for disruptive storms to develop in that region. A low-pressure cell will travel along the front, making...
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Parts of the South will get soaked with heavy rainfall as a frontal system stalls across the region over the next several days.
Wet weather will begin Thursday afternoon from eastern Texas to Arkansas, spreading into the Tennessee Valley Friday. Over the weekend, rain will stretch to the mid-Atlantic.
Most places won’t see nonstop rain all day each day. It will come in waves. However, the rainfall will be heavy at times and may be accompanied by thunderstorms in some areas.
Places from eastern...
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Truckers will hit virtually every type of disruptive weather Wednesday in many spots from Texas to California.
Please avoid travel during high winds. Avoid semis and travel trailers. SB 79 in Lambs Canyon. Unknown duration. pic.twitter.com/maa8EaXwfJ
— Caltrans District 8 (@Caltrans8) January 19, 2021
First, pockets of freezing rain and snowfall will make roads extra slick from El Paso, Texas, westward to portions of New Mexico and Arizona. Major accumulations are not likely, but it could be...
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For the first time in about two weeks, no significant snowstorms or tropical systems are impacting travel across the continental U.S., and it should stay quiet for a while.
Truckers will hit areas of precipitation in several regions over the next few days, but it shouldn’t be anything they can’t handle.
Look for periods of light to moderate snowfall and rainfall in the Cascades, Rockies, Great Lakes and Northeast from Friday through next Tuesday. Sleet or freezing rain will be possible in a few...
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