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Messy Midwest weather A sluggish low pressure system will spin over parts of the Great Plains and Great Lakes this afternoon (September 12) and tonight, dropping heavy rainfall in many areas. Localized flash flooding could lead to roadblocks, mainly on secondary roads and interstate ramps across...

There's potential for flash flooding in some parts of the western U.S., wildfires in other areas. Meanwhile, two hurricanes are moving toward Hawaii. "Tale of Two Cities" kind of situation in the West SONAR Critical Events: Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Monsoonal moisture maintains its flow...

The weather in the western U.S. today features areas prone to wildfires, flash flooding, and more sizzling heat. Severe storms could pop up in the Midwest. Also, there's also a tropical storm in the Pacific, not far from Japan. More fire and rain Look for another round of scattered thunderstorms...

These are the three things you need to know for Wednesday, July 10, 2019. More summer storminess: Severe thunderstorms could strike today and tonight from central Texas to the Great Lakes. Two regions in particular are most likely to see large hail, damaging winds and/or flash flooding: from...

Barges moving again on the Mississippi: After several weeks of backups due to ongoing floods, barges are finally able to move up and down the Mississippi. All locks on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers are open, and only one lock in the St. Louis area remains closed. Traffic may still be...

Another round of severe storms: Scattered showers and thunderstorms will pop up again from the Rockies to the Mid-Atlantic coast today and tonight. Several storms could become very strong or severe — producing very large hail and damaging winds — from western Texas to the southern half of Kansas....

As part of FreightWaves overall coverage of freight markets, it publishes a summary of the changes in the economy over the past month, both in terms of the data releases and in developments in public policy. The Economic Roundup is designed to synthesize the events of the past month as they relate...

A few weeks ago, two of Detroit’s Big Three automakers — General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) — released forecasts for the end of the year and the next few years. The forecasts come at an interesting juncture for both automakers, as each has...

The saying, “As goes January, so goes the year,” has been commonplace on Wall Street since 1972 when introduced by Yale Hirsch. From 1950 through 1984, full year returns correlated with January’s performance at a rate of roughly 75 percent. Per efficient market theorem, this trend should have...