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Tropical Storm Helene Set To Become Hurricane: Generac, Duke Energy Stocks React As Florida Braces
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 - 11:40am | 526Tropical Storm Helene is forecasted to turn into a hurricane as it makes landfall over Florida on Thursday. The storm was located about 60 miles northeast of Cozumel, Mexico, Wednesday morning, moving northwest at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, according to the National Weather...
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How Elon Musk's Twitter API Paywall Almost Killed Public Utilities — And Why It's Being Rolled Back
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 12:26am | 616Elon Musk’s Twitter has reversed its API paywall policy to allow some services to stay on the platform for free. What Happened: On Wednesday, the Twitter Dev handle on the microblogging site shared the latest update saying verified government or publicly owned services can now...
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US Deep Freeze Forecast To Break Christmas Eve Records, Storm Claims At Least 15 Lives
Saturday, December 24, 2022 - 5:18pm | 328Millions of Americans woke up to a devastating Christmas Eve as people witnessed destructive winds, heavy snow, and power cut across the country. In New York’s Buffalo area, strong winds and heavy snow made visibility close to zero Friday into Saturday, with winds gusting up to 65 mph...
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Severe Storms Head For Nation's Heartland
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 1:00pm | 732Nasty storms will probably delay truckers again Tuesday from the Great Plains to the Great Lakes, across parts of the Mountain Prairie and Midwest freight regions. Freight regions. (Source: FreightWaves) Storms have been relentlessly battering parts of these regions for weeks, causing damage...
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Dangerous Storms To Slam Plains States
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 11:19am | 630After some very rough weather Monday, some Plains states will take another beating from severe thunderstorms today and tonight. SONAR Critical Events and radar: Monday, July 7, 2020, 8 a.m. EDT; Severe thunderstorm risk areas Severe storms struck from the Plains to the Northeast on Monday, July...
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Truckers Facing More Stormy Weather Today In Numerous States
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 10:40am | 612The first week of summer started very stormy, as severe weather rolled across a large section of the country. More storms today could briefly slow down drivers and freight flows at times, with hail, heavy rainfall and gusty winds getting in the way. SONAR Critical Events: Tuesday, June 23, 2020...
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Stormy weather hitting two US regions this weekend (with forecast video)
Friday, May 29, 2020 - 12:28pm | 647The last weekend of May will be a bit dicey for truckers in parts of the Northeast and Northwest as the weather turns quite stormy. SONAR Critical Events and radar: Friday, May 29, 2020, 9 a.m. EDT; Severe thunderstorm risk area May 29, 2020 A strong cold front will move through the...
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Extreme Heat Hits Busy Western U.S. Freight Markets
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - 12:33pm | 506I hope all of you had a pleasant Memorial Day weekend! With less than a month until the summer solstice, heat waves, instead of late-season winter storms, are more likely to hit the United States. This is the case as extremely hot conditions will hit parts of California, Nevada, and Arizona this...
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Breaking: Severe Storms Threaten Plains Mid-Week
Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - 11:43am | 523Another round of severe thunderstorms will likely slam parts of the nation's heartland Wednesday, from Texas to Nebraska. Though this isn't unusual for mid-May, it could cause minor delays in freight flow across the region. SONAR Critical Events and radar: Tuesday, May 12, 9 a.m. EDT A warm...
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Spring Snowfall To Hit The Rockies This Week (With Forecast Video)
Monday, May 11, 2020 - 12:55pm | 463Even though it's almost mid-May, wintry weather is coming to some Western states this week. SONAR Critical Events and snowfall forecast: Monday, May 11, 9 a.m. EDT A series of low-pressure systems off the Pacific Ocean will produce several rounds of snowfall in the Cascades and Rockies over the...
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Gas Price Year In Review: Lowest Levels In 5 Years
Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 4:07pm | 932The average price of gasoline in the United States on January 1, 2014, was $3.29 per gallon. December 31, 2014, it was $2.24 or more than $1 per gallon less than at the beginning of the year. When gasoline price website, GasBuddy.com, issued its 2014 Fuel Price Outlook, it said the year “...
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Movie Theaters Brace For Profit-Slashing Winter Storm (CNK, RGC, IMAX)
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 1:44pm | 355It looks like the number-one movie in America is getting a new competitor this week: a major snow storm. The Rite (from the Warner Bros. division of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX)) landed the top spot at the box office with $15 million. No Strings Attached (from Paramount (NYSE: VIA)) earned just...
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BP Suspends Relief Wells as Storm Approaches (BP)
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 5:12pm | 130BP plc (NYSE: BP) said late Friday that it would be suspending its relief wells, which are being drilled in the Gulf of Mexico, ahead of the approach of a tropical storm. The National Weather Service said tropical storm Bonnie would continue moving across the southern Florida peninsula, and into...