USPS warns customers to allow additional time for deliveries - here where

The agency alerts the public with three problems affecting its service at the moment.


THE American postal service (USPS) was somehow a crisis in progress - and while the general post office Louis Dejoy Promise to change things when he took care of four years ago, the problems persist. More recently, people in the United States complained about Massive mail delays , some of the workers have called " The worst [they] never seen . "But if you don't already have any problems, you may want to prepare yourself, because the USPS now warns customers that their deliveries could be late.

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Delays are not particularly unusual and the postal service Clearly On its website that "delivery times are not guaranteed".

"Sometimes the packages are delayed or reacted due to unusual circumstances," explains the USPS, noting that these circumstances may include (but without limiting themselves) traffic, staff fluctuations, serious weather conditions, disaster natural, [and] changes in the transporter route. ""

When disturbances arise, the agency informs the public through its online Service alert website . These alerts generally cover individual post office closings in specific states, but a new warning published late on March 26 sheds light on "serious time and emergencies affecting the delivery of mail" more widespread.

"Meteorological and emergency events have an impact on the treatment, transport and delivery of mail and parcels to the United States," the USPS said in its new alert.

According to the postal service, there are currently three specific problems which could disrupt the delivery of mail and packages in certain regions.

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The first issue that USPS warns is "the winter weather in the Midwest". A major snowstorm has Blizzard conditions to several parts of the plains and the midwest during the first half of this week, USA today reported.

Of course, the postal service has long warned customers that snow and ice can prevent carriers from making deliveries safely.

"The mail delivery service can be delayed or reduced whenever the streets or aisles have dangerous conditions to our carriers and / or vehicles," said the agency On his website .

The second problem affecting certain postal customers at the moment is "the high-speed wind and the floods in the Southeast", according to the new update of service alerts.

As Fox Weather reported , millions of people from Texas to Florida should undergo generalized rains, serious thunderstorms and sudden floods this week of a storm developing in the Gulf of Mexico.

This is another natural disaster that can prevent carriers from traveling safely. But it is not only these two meteorological events affecting mail deliveries.

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The latest USPS disturbance alerted customers to its new warning is the collapse of the recent Baltimore bridge.

Francis Scott Key's bridge collapsed early on March 26 after being struck by a cargo, and experts say it could take Years to rebuild ,, The Washington Post reported. Consequently, traffic has been diverted and this could prolong the time necessary for postal deliveries. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Better life Contacted the USPS to obtain more information on these potential delays, and we will update this story with the agency's response.

But in the meantime, the USPS asks customers to know that their mail and their packages could arrive late.

"Due to these events, please provide additional time for the final delivery of your article," said postal service in its new warning.


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