USPS suspends services in these states, with immediate effect
Even more post offices have been affected by storms and floods in the northeast.
Weather situation This summer was unpredictable, to say the least. Earlier this week, storms and sudden floods struck the northeast of the United States, ravages in states like New York and Vermont. Monday, more than 13 million people were flooding Watches and warnings , by Time , and at Vermont, governor Phil Scott called the “historic and catastrophic” situation. More Storms are preparing today , with those of New England, thwarting even more sudden floods, in fox weather. But several houses and companies have already been affected by the damage caused by water, including post offices, forcing the American postal service (USPS) to temporarily suspend services. Read the rest to find out more about the latest closures.
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Several Vermont post offices were closed earlier this week.
Monday, the USPS announced on its Service alerts Page that 25 post offices were closed in Vermont following the floods. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
In a statement previously provided to Best Life , Specialist in USPS strategic communications Steve Dohery said: "A large part of the vermont and the parts of the New Hampshire are faced with serious floods due to recent storms. Many stations that are not underwater are inaccessible due to road washes. We put in Work of operations plans for certain stations this morning, this morning, to move them to neighboring communities until the water sets and we can start the cleaning operations necessary to put them in place. We know that State civil servants, premises and federals work with diligence to reopen the roads, which will allow us to move the mail throughout the mail, as the areas are made accessible, we will try the delivery of mail where And when he is sure to do it. "
Yesterday, on July 12, 20 of the closed post offices had resumed operations, notably those of Bernard, Bethel, Bondville, Cavendish, Cuttingsville, East Wallingford, Gaysville, Jamaica, Killington, Londonderry, Mount Holly, Pérou, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Procorsville, Quechee, Sharon, Stockbridge, Taftsville and Tunbridge.
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Post offices in the state of the state remain closed.
Five Vermont post offices remain closed in Bridgewater, Ludlow, S. Londonderry, Weston and Woodberry. According to the service alert page, the offices of S. Londonderry and Weston are "temporarily closed due to the floods", the operations for the two places transferred to the Londonderry post office at 5660 VT Route 100.
In addition, Johnson's post office, located at 115 Lower Main St. W, also suspended operations due to floods. The operations were moved to the Hyde Park post office, located at 214 Church Street.
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New York post offices were also affected.
The Hudson valley region in New York was also affected by sudden floods and on July 10, the USPS announced that operations at the Highlands Falls post office in New York were "temporarily suspended due to water damage ".
The Highland Falls post office remains closed and on July 12, the agency announced that another location, the Bear Mountain post office, also suspended operations due to water -caused damage. In a declaration at Better life , a USPS spokesperson confirmed that the location of Bear Mountain was also affected by the recent weather conditions.
"Due to recent floods, the Bear Mountain post office is temporarily closed. Bear Mountain P.O. Box that customers can take their mail at the post office of Fort Montgomery, 130 firefighters Memorial Drive, Fort Montgomery, NY 10922", said the spokesperson. "We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience caused and plan that the post offices of Bear Mountain and Highland Falls have reopened as soon as possible."
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The services were also suspended to the west.
According to a service alert of July 12, the USPS temporarily suspends operations at the Clearfield post office in Clearfield, Utah. A USPS spokesperson has not provided additional details on the closure.
"Until further notice, Po Box customers can recover their mail and their packages at the Ogden Main post office located at 3680 Pacific Ave, Ogden UT, 84401," said the spokesperson Better life . "Customers can also send items, buy stamps or pick up packages in this post office."
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