USPS suspends service in these areas, with immediate effect
The agency had to adjust its operations in several facilities.
While it could be pleasant to think that nothing - not Even snow, rain, heat or gloom - could prevent the American postal service (USPS) from obtaining Our mail For us, this is simply not the case. The agency said it works hard For delivery operations to work regularly and post offices open during normal hours, but unfortunately, this is not always possible: the USPS had to suspend services for a certain number of reasons in recent months, animal attacks on installation fires. Now, the agency again adjusts its operations in more areas for various reasons. Read more to discover the latest closures.
Read this then: USPS makes even more modifications to your mail, from January 22 .
The agency suspends services in several areas at the moment.
The most recent Update on service disturbances In the United States, coming from the USPS on January 13, when the agency alerted customers to two different states on suspensions. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
According to the postal service, certain installations of Alabama and California are now closed. In Alabama, the agency said that "all operations are temporarily suspended" at the Jack post office. Customers aim to use retail and PO services at the Elba post office, which is about 12 miles away.
In California, several facilities have recently been closed. On January 12, the USPS said that post offices were "currently closed" in the following seven cities: Bridgeville, Planada, Lee Vining, June Lake, Bridgeport, El Nido and Salinas-Spreckels.
A day later, the agency revealed that three of these facilities had reopened, while a new post office had closed. According to the postal service, a post office in San Ardo, California, is now closed, while the Lee Vining post office, the Bridgeport Post Office and the El Nido Post Office are back open.
California's post offices treat winter storms.
Now there are a total of five closed installations throughout California: the Bridgeville post office, the Planada post office, the June post office Lake, the Salinas-Spreckels post office and the office of the office Post of San Ardo.
All the affected facilities are located in northern California, near more populated cities like San Francisco, San Jose and Fresno. The recent time seems to be at fault: January 14, president Joe Biden declared one " Major disaster “In California, due to violent storms causing floods, landslides and mud shifts in the state.
The USPS has just mentioned "Winter Storms" for the BRIDGEVILLE, JUNE LAKE and SALINAS-SPRECKELS post office closings. But the agency directly called the floods as a reason for the closures of Planada and San Ardo.
In a separate January 13 Local press release , the postal service has further developed the situation in Planada. "Compulsory evacuations and severe weather conditions required the temporary closure of the Planada post office," said the agency, adding that customers can rather recover their mail at Bell station in Merced, California. "We sincerely apologize for any disadvantage and that normal retail and delivery operations will resume once restored access."
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The Alabama post office was also struck by a natural disaster.
A violent time is also behind the postal problem in Alabama. In a Separate local press release Published on January 13, the postal service revealed that the Jack post office is also recovering from a natural disaster. The installation "has undergone structural damage due to recent tornado activity," said the agency.
A tornado struck Alabama on January 12, born from a Storm system traveling In the South, reported the Associated Press. The National Weather Service (NWS) said that the "extremely dangerous tornado" had caused significant damage in part of the state, because it "shredded the walls of houses, overturned roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, in Alabama ", according to the press press.
Consequently, the USPS temporarily suspended operations at the Jack post office. "The priority of the American postal service is the safety and well-being of its employees and customers," said the agency. "Postal managers will provide customer update once an in -depth assessment is completed."
The USPS has been forced to do other recent closures due to the weather.
Postal service can adjust its operations for a number of reasons, but time is often a major contributing factor, especially recently.
In December and January, the agency temporarily closed Hundreds of facilities and delivery services suspended in states such as California, Nevada, Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa, during severe winter storms .
"When the weather conditions are so bad and the safety of our carriers is in danger, then, yes, we will cancel until the weather allow," Desai Abdul-Razzaaq , regional postal service spokesperson, said to Duluth News Tribune in Minnesota on December 14.
On January 4, the agency published a local news alert In Minnesota, asking customers to help clean the snow and ice of the aisles, aisles, porches and areas around the mailbox in the middle of heavy snow and dangerous conditions. "Lightnings, trips and falls continue to be the most common type of injury suffered by our carriers," said minnesota-north district director Dakota Anthony Williams said in a press release. "As winter conditions aggravate, the number of accidents. By simply opening the way, customers help reduce the risk."
