The United States Postal Service (USPS) has informed that it is declaring a force majeure situation due to the impacts of the Los Angeles fires, which have resulted in widespread catastrophic damage in Southern California.
The USPS declaration of force majeure (in effect until further notice) will cover USPS service and performance obligations for all mail services owing to major routeing and delivery disruption, including destruction of postal facilities. Areas with postal codes in the 90001–95399 range are impacted. Recovery and clean-up are expected to be lengthy for the communities in these areas.
Additionally, USPS is declaring a force majeure situation in postal code areas 99556 to 99780, due to the impacts of severe winter weather, which has resulted in limited services in an 80 km radius of Anchorage, Alaska.
