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Hurricane Irma Updates

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In Florida, a statewide suspension of road tolls was issued to ease the flow of mandatory evacuations (like the one ordered for the Florida Keys) and the transportation of essential relief goods. Six islands in the Bahamas were ordered to evacuate to Nassau, while a state of emergency was also declared in the US Virgin Islands.

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Supply Chain Risk Management: Could You Face a Category 4 Supply Chain Disaster?

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by Joe Cannata With Hurricane Matthew, the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic Coast in over 10 years that has already brought severe damage to Haiti, the Bahamas and several Southeastern U.S. Many of the states affected contained key ports and supply destinations, as well as transportation and logistics hubs.