Logistics delay warning: Wildfires spread in two U.S. states, and 11 states received fire warnings

The wildfire in this state has been burning for 4 days! 11 states in the United States have received fire warnings

Not long ago, Yien.com reported that due to drought and excessively dry weather, there is a risk of fire in the United States in the near future.

Sure enough! Foreign media reported that the wildfire in North Dakota, USA, has been burning for 4 days.

According to a local firefighter, the wildfire, which started on Thursday local time, has destroyed 2,276 acres of land around Medora.

Just when progress was being made in extinguishing the wildfire, a fire broke out in another part of the state.

Another large fire was reported Saturday in the USDA Forest Service National Grassland and has now begun burning to the northern part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This fire is currently estimated to be about 30% contained and has burned approximately 1,000 acres.

So far this year, more than 30,000 acres have burned in North Dakota due to wildfires , more than three times the amount for all of 2020.

Eight counties in the state experienced wildfires on Thursday, while the city of Dickinson experienced two major drought-related fires on Friday and Saturday.

As North Dakota was hit by fires, another state was also battling wildfires.

Foreign media reported that a wildfire broke out in Gary, Indiana (AP) on Friday local time . The wildfire burned more than 300 acres in Indiana Dunes National Park in the northwest of the state.

Park officials released a satellite photo showing smoke from the wildfire extending 80 miles north to Lake Michigan.

Worse still, the fires in these two states may just be the beginning.

According to foreign media reports, the western United States is preparing for a hot , dry and potentially dangerous wildfire season, and several states seem to have begun to show signs of this.

"Strong winds, low relative humidity and warm temperatures are combining to create extreme fire behavior, " the National Weather Service said on its website .

All 11 Western states are currently in severe or extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, including North and South Dakota, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.

Continued hot and dry weather has heightened concerns that this year's fire season could be similar to or worse than previous ones.

"We are preparing for a big fire year," said Stanton Florea, spokesman for the National Interagency Fire Center .

The National Interagency Fire Center recorded an increase in firefighting activity across the U.S. in March, particularly in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions, due to increasingly dry vegetation . Above-normal fire activity is expected to continue across the Northern Plains throughout April and into early May.

Florea added that as of Friday local time, nearly 1,800 firefighters had been mobilized to battle at least 19 different fires in the Upper Plains, Rockies, Great Lakes and Southwest. That does not include firefighters burning under prescribed or controlled burns.

Across the United States, record-breaking wildfires are becoming more common as temperatures rise and drought intensifies.

“Fire season can happen at any time," said Carrie Bilbao, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Land Management, which also works with the National Interagency Fire Center. "We just don’t really have those wet seasons anymore.”

Sellers are probably still fresh in their memory of the wildfires in California last year. Due to the wildfires, many Amazon warehouses in the area were affected, and logistics timeliness was also delayed.

If a large-scale wildfire breaks out in the western United States this year, the same thing will happen again . Therefore, sellers need to take countermeasures early to avoid affecting sales.

Before one fire is extinguished, another fire starts.

On the other hand, according to foreign media reports, an Amazon logistics center in Little Rock, Arkansas, caught fire on Friday local time. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but relevant departments said that the fire was controlled on the roof and the insulation layer seemed to be on fire.

Local officials said the warehouse is expected to employ about 1,000 employees and deploy the latest robotic equipment to help assemble goods. Based on a new construction cost of at least $75 per square foot, the project is worth about $255 million. According to foreign media reports, the total area of ​​the project is 3.4 million square feet.

This Amazon warehouse is still under construction and is scheduled to be put into use this summer . After this fire, it is unknown when it will be put into use.

Empty package fraud appears again in the US, Chinese sellers named

I believe many sellers are still impressed by last year’s seed fraud incident. Recently, a similar incident occurred in the United States, and the US police directly named Chinese sellers.

According to foreign media reports, the Elizabethtown Police Department said that suspicious packages are appearing in homes and businesses in Elizabethtown.

The department said it has received several reports of Amazon packages randomly showing up in Hardin County. One company turned over a package it received to police, and two masks were found inside.

According to US police, most of the packages come from China and usually contain cheap items.

Here's how the scam works: Package scammers target Amazon by sending people packages that may contain cheap items , or even be empty.

The purpose is to make it appear as if someone has given a positive review for a particular product online and that person actually purchased the product.

The seller then posts fake positive reviews on Amazon to boost their products’ ratings, which in turn means more sales for them.

Investigators are calling on people to report suspicious packages to Amazon . They are also encouraging people to check their order history frequently and change their passwords.

As we all know, fake orders and fake reviews have always been prohibited by Amazon . Based on past experience, Amazon will definitely crack down on fake reviews after this incident comes to light. Therefore, the editor would like to remind sellers who intend to fake orders and fake reviews to stop as soon as possible. In addition, it is also reiterated that they must operate in compliance with regulations, which is the long-term solution.

New York holds large-scale anti-Asian discrimination protest

In addition to wildfires, the United States has also triggered unsafe factors from time to time, such as protests and riots. On April 2, a suspect drove a car into the security checkpoint at the entrance of Congress, got out of the car and attacked with a knife, resulting in the death of one police officer and the injury of another.

Recently, protests against Asian discrimination have intensified in the United States, with anti-Asian discrimination marches taking place in many places for several consecutive weekends. On April 4, local time , a large-scale anti-Asian discrimination protest was held in New York City, with about 10,000 people participating, and 30,000 people shouting: "Stop hating Asians."

The theme of this event is "Stop hate crimes, oppose racial discrimination, and defend the rights of Asians." Demonstrators held up banners such as "Stop Hate" and "Unity is Strength" to protest against the increasingly frequent violent incidents against Asians in New York City and across the United States.