USPS suspends services in these places, with immediate effect
The agency has added new post office closings to its service alert website.
The American postal service (USPS) has faced a lot of offices missing mail And Delivery delays Recently, but sometimes certain situations are out of the agency's control. In only recent months only, the postal service has been forced to close the post offices and limit deliveries in certain places for problems such as snowstorms and tornadoes. And now postal managers also adjust operations in other areas. Read the rest to find out where exactly the USPS is currently suspending the services.
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USPS suspends services in two states.
A number of different factors could potentially prevent postal service from carrying out its normal operations. But when disturbances occur, the agency works to keep customers informed by its Service alert website . This online tool provides "current information and often updated on the question of whether the mail is delivered in your neighborhood or if your local post office is open," explains the USPS.
One of the most Recent alerts warned that Florida customers are faced with a new service disturbance. On April 7, the USPS announced that it had suspended retail window operations at the post office of Fort McCoy in Florida. But a few days earlier, the agency also suspended operations in an installation in another state. Wynne's post office in Arkansas has also just been closed, according to a Local press release From April 3.
The Florida Post Office has been closed for security reasons.
The USPS is responsible for the maintenance of email services safely and will often temporarily make the facilities when it is not possible. In fact, "security problems" contribute to the new partial closure of a Florida installation. "In an abundance of caution, and to ensure the safety of postal customers and employees, the postal service temporarily suspends retail operations at the post office of Fort McCoy," said the agency Local press release .
When Better life Contacted the USPS about this closure, a spokesperson refused to develop on the exact security problems which have an impact on the installation of Fort McCoy.
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The Arkansas post office was closed after a tornado.
Security also plays a role in the recent postal suspension of Arkansas. The USPS said that it had suspended all operations at the Wynne post office "due to the recent tornado power outages." The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that the city de Wynne - which is located about 90 miles northeast of Little Rock - was "ravaged" by an EF -3 tornado on March 31, according to the local media Kait. NWS meteorologists said the tornado had a maximum width of 1,600 yards and 150 -hour peak winds per hour. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Better life Contacted the postal service to obtain more information on this closure, and we will update this story with their answer. "We apologize for any disadvantage that customers can live, but the security of customers and employees is our highest priority," the USPS said in its press release.
There is no information at the moment when these installations can reopen.
Customers could face these disruptions in the foreseeable future. The USPS said that people can always recover their P.O. Mail box at the back door of the McCoy Fort post office, but retail operations will be suspended at the "until new order" establishment. During this suspension, Fort McCoy customers can obtain retail services at the Orange Springs Post Office nearby or at the Citra Post Office. "The postal service will provide additional information when normal operations resume," the agency said in its press release.
As for the Wynne post office, the USPS did not offer any information on the duration of the closure of this installation. But the agency said residents could always recover their mail in the hall of this post office at certain times during the suspension. "Residents are reminded of providing an appropriate photo identification for mail and package vans," added the postal service in its press release.
