Norfolk Southern says ‘monitoring’ Hurricane Milton

In a Service Alert, Norfolk Southern states that the company is monitoring and preparing for the impact of Hurricane Milton. “The storm continues to intensify two days before it’s due to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast and was last reported to have reached a Category 4. Milton is likely to be a large and powerful hurricane when it makes landfall in Florida on Wednesday, October 9. Florida has issued a state of emergency and hurricane, storm surge, and flood watches for several counties in its path. Right now, there are no impacted service areas and Norfolk Southern is operating as scheduled. However, we expect high winds and heavy rains could impact rail operations in Northern Florida as the storm moves through. We will continue to monitor this over the next 48 hours and issue another alert if any operations are impacted. Customers with shipments moving through the southeast should prepare for delays,” the company stated.