NSAlert
Tropical Storms Marco and Laura Update
Aug 24, 2020
Norfolk Southern continues to monitor Tropical Storms Marco and Laura. Marco is expected to make landfall Monday night and Laura is expected to make landfall Wednesday night into Thursday morning, both bringing heavy rainfall to the Gulf Coast areas.
The New Orleans Flood Protection Authority started closing the floodgates in and around New Orleans Sunday, August 23 and will close the last gate this afternoon Monday, August 24. Shipments destined to or traveling through New Orleans and Mobile will be impacted. At this time, we do not know the duration of the impact.
Precautionary actions are being taken to protect infrastructure and rail equipment is being repositioned away from low-lying areas around Mobile, AL and New Orleans, LA. Norfolk Southern is working with customers located in the forecasted regions to identify switching needs and with interchange partners to move certain shipments over alternate interchange gateways. Ongoing updates will be provided as this storm system progresses.
Customers with critical shipments should contact NS Customer Service at customerservice@nscorp.com or 1-800-635-5768.
The latest ETA and routing information are always available through AccessNS.
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