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We are counting on the American postal service (USPS) for deliver our mail All year round, but no time is as important as the end of the year. Currently, millions of us go to the post office to ship a last -minute vacation card and Christmas gifts. Unfortunately, some people across the country are about to meet closed facilities. The USPS temporarily closed post offices for a number of reasons already this year, but the agency is currently closing dozens of facilities in the United States for the same reason. Read the rest to find out more about these inappropriate closures.

Read this then: USPS gets rid of this service, from January .

The USPS provides regularly updated information regarding operational disturbances through Its service alert website . Consumers can use this page to find out if their "mail is delivered or if their post offices are open", according to the postal service. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

According to the last update, the agency temporarily closed its post offices in five different states: Minnesota, Nebraska, Northern Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

As of December 16, Minnesota installations in the cities of McGregor and Willow are temporarily closed. In Nebraska, post offices were closed in Ainsworth, Crookston, Gordon, Harrisburg, Lakeside, Merriman, Rushville, Whiteman and Wood Lake. In the Northern Dakota, more than 70 post offices have been closed, including one in the capital of Bismarck, and in southern Dakota, more than 100 facilities have closed, some of which in big cities like Aberdeen. Finally, in Wisconsin, Merrill, Weyerhaeuseuse and Withee post offices are closed to customers.

The postal service has interrupted operations in around 200 post offices in five different states for the same reason: dangerous conditions this winter.

According to the USPS, all these installations are "temporarily closed due to the weather". A massive storm has brought snow levels Above a foot in states like Minnesota, Nebraska, Northern Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, by CNN.

Deliveries were also affected. Desai Abdul-Razzaaq , a regional postal service spokesperson, told the Duluth News Tribune December 14 that postal carriers have been drawn of their roads in the middle of the blizzard.

"We will not deliver mail in a tornado," Abdul-Razzaaq told Minnesota based. "When the weather conditions are so bad and the safety of our carriers is at risk, then, yes, we will cancel until the weather allows."

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These installations will not be permanently closed, of course. And Abdul-Razzaaq said to Duluth News Tribune That the carriers will resume deliveries in the affected areas "as soon as the weather permits".

But to do this, the USPS needs your help. In Local press releases For Minnesota, Nebraska, Northern Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin, postal service needs help "keep The bearers of letters are sure As they deliver the mail "this winter.

"The postal service asks customers to clean the snow and ice of sidewalks, stairs and mailboxes," the agency said in a single press release. "Snow and ice make delivery dangerous and slow. Maintain a clear path to the mailbox, including stages, porches, bridges and street approach - will help carriers to maintain a delivery service consistent."

The USPS also warned that it could and suspend the delivery service of certain residences if the streets and bridges are too dangerous for the carriers or if the snow is stacked against the mailboxes. "The postal service only reduces delivery after a careful examination and only as a last resort," said the agency.

The winter weather will soon have an impact on another service for the USPS. On December 19, electronic commerce said the postal service is Suspend its Express Priority Mail Express warranty this week. This refers to the “day of delivery day next day at 2 days at 6 p.m. with a warranty of reverse”, according to The agency's website .

In an alert sent to sender, the postal service confirmed that it would break the guarantee between December 22 and December 25 following weather problems in the middle of increased vacation delivery requests.

"During the holidays, an increased volume and weather conditions can affect the possibility of transporting all the Priority mail shipments for one day. Similar to our competitors, the postal service has an adjusted reimbursement policy for Priority Mail Express sent From December 22 to 25, "said the agency in its declaration, according to electronic commerce." While the postal service fully expects the Express priority mail to remain a day when available, the costs of Port will only be reimbursed if the first delivery attempt or delivery occurs more than two days of delivery after the acceptance scanning event. "