To prevent any potential shortages, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed a temporary executive order allowing propane delivery drivers to drive extra hours.
Recent record-low temperatures throughout the state have caused an increase in demand for propane, which many people use to heat their homes.
The order, which is effective through March 18, suspends regulations on driving hours to allow drivers to meet the increased demand, but still indicates drivers can t be on the road when they re tired.
Get our free mobile app
The emergency rule is specific to drivers bringing propane to Wyoming or doing in-state deliveries.
Five Of The Coldest Days in Wyoming History
1413. the thermostats are turned down and we ll try our best to keep them in a product. nunder the department of transportation truck drivers are driving extra hours to speed up propane deliveries in the state. the situation at the maryland mall is not over yet. they are bringing in robots. they are in motion. where two young employees died today. they are trying to determine if there are any explosivesed in after the gunman shot and killed two of the employees work nothing a skate shop before turning the gun on himself. we will talk to a former detective and he goes to that mall all of the time and he will give us insight. and caught on camera the rescue of a baby and a country torn apart by civil war.
where we need it. reporter: part of what they re doing is under department of transportation emergency order, truck drivers are driving extra hours to speed up propane deliveries to those states that need it. gregg? thanks very much. we are still seeing dangerously cold temperatures in parts of our country. it s making that propane shortage that bryan was talking about a lot worse. snow storms hitting some areas in the midwest and northeast. take a look at cleveland, ohio. snow combining with the strong winds there are creating treacherous driving conditions. meteorologist janis dean has the entire country covered from our fox extreme weather center. it s still pretty awful out there. you know, i m like a broken record these days. storm after storm. then of course, we ve got the warm temperatures across the southwest. because we ve got this blocking pattern, we have a dip in the jet stream here across the great lakes, midwest and northeast, and over to the southwest, we ve