Beefing up humanitarian logistics is a life-or-death proposition
Daunting challenges to effective humanitarian logistics processes, Chernock says
Daunting challenges to effective humanitarian logistics processes, Chernock says
Initial outlook shows a near-average 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, but this doesn’t mean we should let down our guard.
Giant mosquitoes are popping up across the Florida panhandle in aftermath of Hurricane Michael. Health officials trying to keep them under control.
To Hurricane Michael victims inland, relief seemed to come slower than to those on the coast. Situation improving as more supply chain routes able to reopen.
It’s not unusual for tropical systems to intensify quickly, but just how fast it will happen and to what level is still a challenge to forecasters.
Outbound tender volumes have shot up 26% out of the Savannah market as the Southeast deals with hurricane Michael
There’s no telling how long power restoration will take in the Florida Panhandle. The combination of State, county, and local crews isn’t enough. So, federal help is coming.
Barclays forecasts a drop in oil price; China is witnessing a historic fall in auto sales over stock market crash and U.S.-China trade war; banks are discussing on emergency financing to liquidate Sears.
The major east-west highway was closed for less than 48 hours. The biggest impact on trucking may come in the next few weeks, when the crops normally hauled out of Georgia just aren’t there.
Hurricane Michael has forced some trucking operations to shut down, but relief efforts haven’t had major interruptions.
About 80 miles of the major east-west interstate highway were closed eastbound with a smaller amount closed westbound.
Hurricane Michael’s historic winds caused two known deaths so far as it lashed the northern Gulf coast on Wednesday. Damage in the Carolinas possible today.
Hurricane Michael has devastated parts of the Florida Panhandle, destroying buildings and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. One man was killed.
Hurricane Michael has already knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the South with to come.
As monster Hurricane Michael closes in on the Florida panhandle, many people have gone to approved shelters or evacuated. How will their homes handle the ferocious winds that are coming?
Hurricane Michael is forecast to make landfall as a strengthening Category 4; Sears may go bankrupt; retailers struggle to fill the hole left by Toys R Us; Cowen is bullish on Canadian Pacific; Seoul continues ploughing money into HMM to cover operations.
As if Hurricane Michael couldn’t become more dangerous, it got stronger overnight. Now a CAT 4 just hours from landfall in north Florida, all people can do is brace themselves.
Major Hurricane Michael forces more closings as storm gets closer to north Florida. Waters beginning to rise.
Major Hurricane Michael is less than 24 hours from landfall in north Florida. Transportation and offices are shutting down during final preparations.
Ports remain open, but plans to ride out storm must be made.
Michael is quickly becoming a potentially life-threatening hurricane, heading toward the Gulf coast of Florida. Crews are hurrying to prepare and keep people safe.
Hurricane Michael’s forecasted track will take it right over the primary cotton producing region in Georgia and South Carolina, and heavy rain could threaten the harvest of the crop, now in its most vulnerable phase.
Hurricane Michael could cause widespread, long-lasting damage on Florida’s Gulf coast. Flooding and destructive winds.
As Hurricane Michael gains strength and speeds up, people are being evacuated from Florida.