USPS suspends services in these states in July
Several installations are affected by closures this month.
Barely two days ago, people in the United States could not go to their local post office or get their Mail delivered - But fortunately, they had a lot of warning. The American postal service (USPS) suspends operations each year for federal holidays, including July 4. However, some closures have nothing to do with the calendar, and residents of a few different states can have their deliveries interrupt or close the post office this month. Read the rest to find out where the agency suspends the services in July.
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The USPS suspended the services in several states last month.
There are many different circumstances that can encourage postal service to adjust operations, and customers in several different places discovered it last month.
In early June, USPS temporarily closed A post office in Tularosa, New Mexico, and another in Pikeville, Kentucky. It is not clear why the Tularosa post office was closed, but the agency revealed that the Pikeville post office should be evacuated "due to structural problems".
After these closures, two installations in South Carolina and North Carolina were closed Also. The Clearwater Post Office in South Carolina was closed after a fire, while the Mount Holly Mount Holly post office in North Caroline does not serve retail customers due to maintenance work.
Another installation in Kinston, in North Carolina, was also closed in June because of " Security concerns "Alongside the post offices in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Ohio.
All these installations still seem to be closed - and now they are not the only ones.
The agency has just closed a post office in Washington.
This is the beginning of a new month, and the USPS has already started to add new service suspensions to the list.
In a Local press release Published on July 3, the agency announced that it had temporarily closed its post office in Underwood, Washington. According to the press release, the closure of the installation was caused by "The Tunnel Five Fire in the south-east of the County of Skamania".
This Forest fires broke out On July 2 and has already burned over 500 acres in the southwest Washington, CNN reported. According to the media, at least 10 structures have already been destroyed by the Five Fire tunnel.
When Better life Contacted the USPS to find out if the Underwood post office had been one of the buildings damaged by forest fires, a spokesperson for the region refused to provide other information. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
But the agency already directs customers of the Underwood Post Office to other installations for postal services.
"Po Box customers can recover their mail at the post office near Bingen, located at 302 W Steuben St., less than five kilometers," the USPS said in its press release. "All other letters are held at the White Salmon Post Office, located in 185, avenue Ne Snohomish, also less than five kilometers away." Locations. "
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Deliveries have also been suspended in Rhode Island.
Postal disturbances also affect customers of Rhode Island at the moment. In an update of July 5 to his Service alert website , the USPS revealed that it had temporarily suspended mail operations in its treatment and distribution center (PD&C) in Providence, Rhode Island. This suspension is the result of a "power failure due to local floods", according to the agency.
The National Weather Service (NWS) has published a Lightning flood warning For the county of Providence, on July 4, after strong precipitation suddenly began to flood the region, reported the WPRI affiliated with Local CBS. According to the press, more than 5,500 inhabitants of Rhode Island and around 1,700 people in the Massachusetts also lost power following serious time.
"Mail delivery to customers with postal codes starting with the first three figures 025, 026, 027, 028 and 029 will be assigned until the food is restored," said postal service in its alert. "Package delivery is not affected."
The postal service also closes another installation in July.
Although they are the only two closures of installations confirmed so far this month, the USPS should soon close another post office. In a June 29 Local press release , the agency warned Ohio customers that he had a closure later this month.
According to the press release, the Dillonvale post office in Dillonvale, Ohio, "will temporarily" will "on July 16" for the renovation of construction ".
Better life Contacted the USPS to obtain more information on current renovations, and we will update this story with their response.
"The opening date has not been determined," added the postal service in its press release. "In the meantime, P.O. Box customers can recover their mail at the Mount Pleasant post office, 243 Union Street, Mount Pleasant, Ohio."
