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Cleanup after Irma continues apace as companies take stock of their resiliency efforts and IT investments.

Trucks and planes deployed to shuttle lost dogs between kennels.

Ports to close Saturday through Tuesday, GPA says.

Trucking operations to resume out of balance, with many truckload carriers, drivers chasing high-margin "FEMA Freight." LTL carriers may see major cost hit.

Warehouse, DC space expected to spring up in Houston, Gulf Coast once floodwaters recede; pop-up warehouse to support huge redistribution operation, Fulton says.

ALAN calls on logistics community to make donations that do not tax supply chain capacity. Harvey to impact 7 percent of all U.S. trucking, FTR says.

UPS suspends pick-ups, deliveries in large swath of Texas, Louisiana; UP curtails train service; ALAN readies support.

Sooner or later, something will go awry in your supply chain. What will your customers experience when that happens?

Here's our monthly roundup of some of the charitable works and donations by companies in the material handling and logistics space.