Weather and Critical Events

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High demand for jet fuel out West from firefighting crews and airlines is affecting commercial flights and cargo (forecast video included).

Truckers will face triple-digit temperatures and heat index readings this week from the northern Plains to the Deep South (forecast video included).

Truckers will run into areas of low visibility, poor air quality and potential road closures due to dozens of Western wildfires (forecast video included).

The past week in images features huge Western wildfires, devastating floods in Colorado, a successful emergency airplane landing and more.

Truckers will keep hitting areas of low visibility, poor air quality and potential road closures due to dozens of Western wildfires (forecast video included).

“She was in shock, in disbelief,” truck driver Trinidad Arebalo said about a woman he helped save from her burning car.

Oregon’s Bootleg wildfire, the largest in the country, is almost as big as Oklahoma City, the eighth-largest U.S. city by area (forecast video included).

Detecting severe storms often requires sophisticated equipment, but truckers can use their senses to make a close prediction while on the road.

Truckers will hit monsoonal storms and potentially flooded roads in the Desert Southwest through the weekend (forecast video included).

Drought, gusty winds and dry thunderstorms will keep the risk of new wildfire development elevated in many Western states (forecast video included).

Smoke from Oregon’s Bootleg fire, and dozens of others in the West, could limit truckers’ visibility and produce poor air quality (forecast video included).

Officials are hoping to reopen a section of Interstate 16 in Georgia on Friday after a truck damaged an overpass.

A slow-moving system could flood some places this weekend from the Mississippi Valley to the East Coast (forecast video included).

A 7-mile stretch of I-16 in Georgia has been shut down after a hopper dislodged an overpass Thursday.

Officials say the Bootleg fire, the largest wildfire in the U.S. at more than 200,000 acres, may not be fully contained until the fall (forecast video included).

Truckers don’t have to get burned by summer heat waves if they and their carriers keep their cool and prepare.

Monsoonal storms will produce areas of torrential rain and potential flash flooding Wednesday in the Desert Southwest (forecast video included).

“The physical risk to individuals is significant,” Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said of extreme heat’s impact on outdoor workers.

Truckers will have to dodge severe thunderstorms this week from the Desert Southwest to the interior Northeast (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to try to stay cool as more record-breaking triple-digit heat chokes parts of the West (forecast video included).

President Joe Biden’s infrastructure deal, plus more Americans planning to hit the roads this summer, means more workers need protection from the elements.

The past week in images features a funnel spawned by a wildfire, a trucker who drove his rig into a river and a train honoring the armed forces.

Truckers will have to keep cool as highs far exceeding 100 degrees spread across several Western states (forecast video included).

After killing one person in Florida Wednesday, Tropical Storm Elsa will move up the East Coast over the next two days (forecast video included).

Updating climate normals can help people plan for changes in commodity production and demand, impacting freight capacity down the road.

Some ports remain off-limits to incoming and outgoing vessels as Tropical Storm Elsa gets closer to a Florida landfall (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa will produce areas of wind and flood damage in the Southeast beginning Tuesday (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa is nearing landfall in Cuba, with U.S. mainland impacts beginning Monday night (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa has killed at least three people in the Caribbean and is eyeing the U.S. mainland (forecast video included).

Hurricane Elsa is cruising through the Caribbean and still has potential to slam Florida early next week (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a flying car’s successful trip, a train decorated to celebrate inclusion and flooding that buried trucks.

Tropical Storm Elsa will slam Caribbean islands this weekend, followed by southern Florida early next week (forecast video included).

Tropical Storm Elsa is forecast to slam some Caribbean islands this weekend, followed by southern Florida next week.

Truckers will have to keep beating triple-digit heat this week in the Northwest and Big Sky Country (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a dust storm, an explosive Navy test and a mobile national memorial.

Truckers may be more likely to be involved in accidents at railroad crossings in the Phoenix area than anywhere else in the country.

Truckers will hit temporary delays through the weekend due to severe storms from the Plains to the Midwest (forecast video included).

Truckers heading to the Northwest will have to beat triple-digit, record-breaking heat later this week (forecast video included).

The trucking industry has been taking it on the chin ever since the Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River closed six weeks ago. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) […]

Truckers may hit road closures on the Interstate 10 corridor as more downpours drench the Deep South (forecast video included).

After at least a dozen storm-related deaths, Tropical Storm Claudette will move into the Atlantic later Monday (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a driver stuck in his dangling truck, lingering snow in Oregon and an update on the I-40 Mississippi River bridge closing.

Tropical system could slow down freight flows this weekend in the lower Mississippi Valley (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to beat more dangerous triple-digit heat in several western states the rest of this week (forecast video included).

Powerful windstorms called derechos pose a serious threat to truckers, especially in the summer.

Truckers could run into areas of flooding this weekend in the lower Mississippi Valley as a potential tropical storm develops (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to try to keep cool as a prolonged heat wave sizzles all week across many Western freight markets (forecast video included).

The past week in images features a tornado spotted at thousands of feet in the air, a trucker saving an injured animal and a unique military aircraft fueling.

Truckers will hit a prolonged heat wave across Desert Southwest freight markets beginning this weekend(forecast video included).

Truckers will hit strong winds and a risk of rollovers Thursday in several Western states (forecast video included).

Based on fatal crash data, these are the five highway stretches where truckers should be the most careful.

Truckers may run into roadblocks the rest of the week due to flash flooding east of the Mississippi River (forecast video included).

Two Arizona wildfires, each more than 60,000 acres in size, have shut down state and U.S. routes (forecast video included).

Farmers in Texas and Louisiana have suffered at least $600 million in damage due to spring and winter storms.

Several more inches of rain may cause additional flash flooding this week along and east of the Mississippi River (forecast video included).

The president of the Arkansas Trucking Association estimates $2.4 million a day in trucking industry losses due to the I-40 Mississippi bridge closure.

This look at the past week in images features a container crane collapse, Alaska snow and a decorated semi trailer.

Several inches of rain may cause flash flooding across the South from this weekend into next week (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to deal with a few more days of unseasonable triple-digit heat in several Western states (forecast video included).

“We think we’re kind of on the cutting edge of this,” the Global Weather Corp. CEO said about its role in advancing road condition forecasting.

More freight flow delays as storms drop heavy rain in spots along and east of the Mississippi River (forecast video included).

Truckers will have to deal with very hot weather this week from Washington state to the Desert Southwest (forecast video included).

These are a few of the most devastating Memorial Day weekend storms that many Americans would like to forget.

This look at the past week in images features wild weather, a truck spill and a progress report on a major bridge repair.

Truckers will hit areas of stormy weather Memorial Day weekend from the nation’s heartland to the mid-Atlantic (forecast video included).

Truckers will hit more severe storms in the Plains as they try to pick up loads before the holiday weekend (forecast video included).

In a FreightWaves survey, truckers say these are some of the U.S. and Canadian tunnels they dislike the most.

Truckers could run into numerous severe thunderstorms across the Plains over the next two days (with forecast video).

Pilots fly a fleet of specialized aircraft into hurricanes to advance science and save lives.

Truckers will hit temporary delays due to stormy weather in the nation’s heartland the next few days (with forecast video).

“It only takes one storm to devastate a community,” Ben Friedman, acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator, said of the 2021 hurricane season forecast.

After flash flooding and record rainfall in parts of the South earlier this week, truckers face the same threat Friday (with forecast video).

Initial National Transportation Safety Board report says the SEACOR Power crew hit rough weather shortly before capsizing in the Gulf of Mexico in mid-April.

After flooding and historic rainfall in parts of the South earlier this week, more is possible Thursday (with forecast video).

Salvage crews have pumped more than 20,000 gallons of diesel fuel from the still-submerged lift boat.

Truckers will run into heavy snow in Montana and Idaho beginning Wednesday night (with forecast video).

Massive amounts of rain have flooded parts of southern Louisiana this week, leading to road closures (with forecast video).

More record rainfall and significant flooding will slow down drivers from Texas to the lower Mississippi Valley (with forecast video).

Due to a structural issue, truckers will have to keep taking detours around the Interstate 40 bridge between Tennessee and Arkansas.

After a stormy weekend in the nation’s heartland, truckers won’t get much of a break this week (with forecast video).

Vessels get the green light after a portion of the Mississippi River near Memphis was closed to traffic for a few days. Inspectors found damage to the bridge above it.

Weekend truckers could hit areas of nasty thunderstorms from Texas to Minnesota (with forecast video).

“This fracture had the potential of becoming a catastrophic event,” ARDOT Director Lorie Tudor said about a crack found in the I-40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee.

Triple-digit heat will hit truckers across the Southwest over the next couple of days (with forecast video).

“This is by far the biggest event that we have ever had to deal with,” UPS’ Dan Gagnon said about COVID.

“I don’t see myself as a hero,” truck driver Bruno Filipe Da Costa Raposo said about helping a traffic accident victim.

Truckers may be stopped in their tracks at times as more torrential rain hits the South (with forecast video).

Truckers will hit occasional delays the next few days as heavy rain hits the South (with forecast video).

Truckers should be ready to chain up as a late-season snowstorm hits the Rockies early this week (with forecast video).

Truckers will run into a few rounds of potentially severe thunderstorms this weekend from the Plains to the South (with forecast video).

Very dry air is raising the wildfire risk across the Upper Midwest. Gusty winds may blow smoke into truckers’ paths (with forecast video).

Salvage crews are using a special method to remove fuel from the capsized commercial lift boat SEACOR Power.

Doppler radar has raised the bar for meteorologists when it comes to analyzing severe weather.

Truckers may hit roadblocks Wednesday in the Deep South as periods of heavy rain and flash flooding continue to soak the region (with forecast video).

Periods of severe storms and heavy rain Tuesday could slow down truckers again across the South (with forecast video).

Truckers will have to dodge severe thunderstorms and tornadoes this week in the eastern half of the country (with forecast video).

“This imagery could be a huge benefit to our office,” NWS meteorologist Alex Sizemore said about using drones to survey storm damage in remote areas.

Strong winds Friday will impact truckers heading to key freight markets in the Northeast (with forecast video).

The process is underway to clear wreckage of the capsized SEACOR Power and minimize environmental impacts.