National Mail Service Updates

This information is updated daily.

Information on this site is provided for mailers with plant-verified drop shipments going to postal facilities that are closed or have mail entry limits because of natural disasters or severe weather conditions.
This site provides optional destinating mail entry information where available.
Contact BSN HQ Communications Manager if you need additional information or would like to report a service impact in your area.
See also: International Service Updates
Business customers needing support or having questions should contact their local Business Service Network and/or visit RIBBS on USPS.com.

Current Update:

Connecticut

Due to severe weather conditions, the following Postal facilities have suspended operations:
Barry Square Station, Hartford 06114
Short Beach Station, Branford 06405
Devon Station, Milford 06460
Baybrook Station, West Haven 06516

Southeast Region

Freezing temperatures continue to hamper mail delivery service in many parts of the South and Southeast areas. Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and parts of North Carolina continue to experience temperatures below freezing. Power outages have caused delayed Postal facility openings and temporary suspension of mail services. Mailers should check with their local offices to learn when operations return to normal.

Massachusetts

Due to severe weather and hazardous road conditions, mail deliveries have been curtailed. USPS has reports of power outages in the 023, 020 ZIP Code areas. Postal facilities affected in these areas include:
Bridgewater 02324
West Bridgewater 02379
East Bridgewater 02333
Halifax 02338
Randolph 02368
Scituate 02066
Green Harbor 02041
Hanover 02339
North Abington 02351
Nantucket 02554 (Transportation limited, no mail delivery)

Rhode Island

The severe winter storm has caused mail service delays and delayed openings of postal facilities. Areas affected include:
Rehoboth 02769
Seekonk 02771
Woonsocket 02895

Montana

USPS has temporarily suspended operations at the Miles City Post Office, located at 106 N. 7th Street, Miles City, MT, 59301-9998. Postal operations and customer service have been moved to the Ace Steadman Hardware Retail Center and the former County Market site at 715 S. Haynes Avenue, Miles City, MT. The Miles City Post Office is operating retail services and PO Box mail pickup at this location. Mail sorting and carrier delivery operations are in the old County Market building.
The customer service hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Saturday. Business Mail Acceptance hours remain at 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday-Friday.

Pennsylvania

Due to an accident at the Presto Post Office, 5234 Thoms Run Road, Presto, PA, 15142, the facility will be closed for several weeks. All mail operations are being conducted out of the Bridgeville Post Office, 700 Washington Ave., Bridgeville, PA, 15017.

Tennessee

Mail service is resuming at a mobile van at Henning, TN. The Post Office there, located at 415 N. Main St., Henning, TN, 38041 is a crime scene. The van will be open 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m.-noon on Saturdays. Authorities continue to search for the killer or killers of two Postal Service workers in Henning.

International Mail Service

Greenland

As a result of a labor dispute, no flights are operating in Greenland or between Denmark and Greenland. The stoppage began Jan. 10 and will continue through Jan. 15.

USA

Heavy snowstorms and severe weather conditions have severely affected the Southeast, Midwest and parts of the Northeast regions of the United States. The severe weather started on Jan. 10 and disrupted inbound and outbound mail flows — including collection and delivery — in the affected areas. Several airports have been closed and hundreds of flights cancelled. At least a foot of snow is forecast to fall by Thursday in cities such as New York, NY, Boston, MA, Providence, RI, and Hartford, CT. Philadelphia, PA, may get up to 6 inches of snow, with smaller amounts forecast for Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. If the forecast is correct, flights may be delayed or cancelled at such major airline hubs as New York (JFK and LaGuardia), Newark, NJ, as well as the Philadelphia and Boston airports.
USPS advises there will be an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) outage on Jan. 23, from 2 p.m.-midnight, EST. The outage will affect all in- and outbound EDI messaging. All files will be held in queue to be processed and released once the outage is over.

Australia

Australia Post has declared a state of emergency due to rains and flooding that have affected the entire State of Queensland. Evacuations of townships continue and a number of roads and highways have been cut off, leading to delays in deliveries and pick-ups. All road and rail services to and from Brisbane are suspended. There is no indication when conditions will improve.

Honduras

The designated postal operator of Honduras advises Empresa de Correos de Honduras (HONDUCOR) has informed DHL to transport and hand over mail to other postal administrations in accordance with UPU standards and procedures on a temporary basis. All the mail transported by DHL will be dispatched from Honduras with the code of the office of exchange and accompanying documents, in accordance with UPU standards.

Pakistan

An estimated 14 million people have been affected by the floods in Pakistan, which began towards the end of last month in the wake of particularly heavy monsoon rains, and which have destroyed homes, farmland and major infrastructure in large parts of the country, especially the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the information received from Pakistan Post, the country's postal infra­structures have suffered catastrophic damage. This flood is one of the worst natural disasters in Pakistan's history, and more than a thousand post offices have been damaged. Pakistan Post's top priority is to establish mobile post offices in the areas affected.

Yemen

The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended acceptance of inbound international mail originating in Yemen, and continues to monitor the situation as part of its mission to protect the Postal Service, its employees and its customers. The Postal Service is prepared to make further adjustments to its international mail transportation network based on the recommendations of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and other federal law enforcement agencies.

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