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Hurricane Beryl shutters Texas coastal shipping lanes

Texas ports along the Gulf Coast closed operations and vessel traffic before Hurricane Beryl made landfall in southeast Texas at 4:30 a.m. Monday CDT as a Category 1 storm packing 94 mph winds, heavy rainfall and the potential for life-threatening storm surges.

Ports in Houston, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Freeport and Texas City were shuttered Sunday morning after the Coast Guard declared condition “Zulu,” according to Reuters.

Under port condition Zulu, all vessel movement and cargo operations...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hurricane-beryl-shutters-texas-coastal-shipping-lanes

Hurricane Beryl likely to impact South Texas on Monday

The Coast Guard set Port Condition Whiskey for the ports of Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas, through Monday in anticipation of Hurricane Beryl’s arrival.

Corpus Christi and Brownsville port officials said they are closely monitoring new developments with the storm. Under Port Condition Whiskey, ports and other facilities can remain open for commercial operations.

Hurricane Beryl’s track shifted northward over the last 24 hours, and landfall is now expected near or south of Corpus Christi...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hurricane-beryl-likely-to-impact-south-texas-on-monday

Truckers face high-wind threat sweeping across northern Plains

Truckers in a large part of Montana will face dangerously high winds Tuesday and Wednesday, increasing the risk of rollovers.

Related: Rollover alleys: 5 Interstate stretches that pose greatest risk

The area is stuck between two systems — a low-pressure center to the north in Canada and a high-pressure center to the south in the Great Basin. The pressure difference between the systems is strong enough to produce extreme winds, especially in central and western portions of Big Sky Country.

The...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckers-face-high-wind-threat-sweeping-across-northern-plains

Winds could spread Western wildfires out of control again

Just as crews were gaining ground on some of the largest wildfires in the West, the weather will once again turn against them.

Our crews captured this incredible aerial drop on Tuesday to help hold and secure the fireline at 9,000 feet on the #Caldorfire south of Lake Tahoe. #wildfireseason2021 #TMFR pic.twitter.com/Cow2HqbgQ1

— Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue (@TMFPD) September 8, 2021

A low-pressure system is forecast to produce thunderstorms near many of these fires Thursday and Friday, as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/winds-could-spread-western-wildfires-out-of-control-again

Stormy week ahead for truckers in Plains

Lightning across a dark sky.

Strong to severe thunderstorms will drench portions of the Plains and Midwest over the next few days, leading to potential delays for truckers.

Drivers are most likely to experience flash flooding in the Houston metropolitan area, as well as places to the west of the city along Interstate 10 heading toward San Antonio. The National Weather Service (NWS) has a flash flood watch posted for these areas. According to the NWS, some spots in the Houston area received 4 to 12 inches of rain Monday,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/stormy-week-ahead-for-truckers-in-plains

News alert: Coast Guard searching for crew of capsized commercial vessel

Coast Guard crew rescuing people from capsized commercial lift boat Seacor Power.

The Coast Guard and multiple Good Samaritan vessels rescued six crew members Tuesday from a capsized commercial vessel 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana, but the search continued for others and one crew member was confirmed dead.

Coast Guard watchstanders received an emergency distress signal at 4:30 p.m. CT Tuesday from a commercial lift boat, and then issued an urgent marine information broadcast (UMIB). Multiple Good Samaritan vessels responded to the UMIB.

Related: Coast Guard assists...

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High risk of wildfires in High Plains

Raging wildfire.

Drivers may run into areas of smoke and low visibility in the Plains this weekend as the risk of more wildfires remains elevated.

East and westbound lanes of I-94 are temporarily closed from Beach to Belfield due to a grass fire until further notice. There is no detour in place, motorists must use alternate routes.

For information on road conditions, visit the ND Roads map at https://t.co/EXHjjzmsoB

— NDDOT (@NorthDakotaDOT) April 1, 2021

From Montana and the Dakotas southward to Oklahoma,...

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5 things truckers should know about severe storms

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

Severe thunderstorms can happen any time of year but are most common in spring and early autumn. About 100,000 thunderstorms strike the U.S. each year, and about 10,000 of them become severe. These are five things every trucker should know about severe thunderstorms.

1. Define me

All thunderstorms require moisture, rising unstable air that keeps rising when given a nudge, and a lifting mechanism, such as a frontal boundary, to provide the nudge. If enough instability builds up, a storm can turn...

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High winds pose invisible threat

Semi-trucks and sailboats have a few things in common. The gleaming aluminum and steel trailers that dot the highways parallel ships at sea with large, white sails; both chart their courses, head for open routes and find themselves at the mercy of the winds.

Although large and monumentally heavy, tractor-trailers, too, struggle with buoyancy in high winds. It can be both a friend and foe on open waters, but wind is virtually always a threat to those navigating overland routes, especially when...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/high-winds-pose-invisible-threat

Tropical Storm Isaias may soon impact US freight flows (with forecast video)

Satellite animation of Tropical Storm Isaias in the Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Isaias (ees-ah-EE-ahs) was still lashing Puerto Rico and parts of the Virgin Islands with torrential rainfall and strong winds Thursday morning. Other Caribbean islands are under the gun for the next day or two before a possible landfall on the mainland United States the first weekend of August.

SONAR Critical Events: Thursday, July 30, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Tropical Storm Isaias

As of 5 a.m. EDT Thursday, Isaias was centered about 100 miles southwest of Ponce, Puerto Rico, producing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tropical-storm-isaias-may-soon-impact-us-freight-flows-with-forecast-video

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