Due to flooding events across the country, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) executed a Regional Emergency Declaration for sixteen states.

It is likely that the 2018-2019 winter heating season will finish out the year being recorded as colder than we have seen recently. While nowhere near as cold as the historic 2013-2014 polar vortex season, by the third week of March this season had seen 454 more heating degree days than average across the 2015 through 2017 seasons, at the same point.