before thanksgiving. reporter: and you ve been going nonstop ever since. nonstop. reporter: this week, holiday mailing intensifies with christmas only days away. a long island, new york fedex cowerrer raymond wenz is hustling to keep up. i need a signature. reporter: delivering up to 250 packages six days a week during the holiday season. do you feel like you can keep up this pace? i don t think anybody can. reporter: tornado damage in the central u.s., supply chain shortages, and a surge in online shopping are adding to the delivery pressure. fedex expects to ship more than 100 million more packages this holiday season compared to 2019. we sort 6,000 packages an hour here. reporter: nanette malebranche is managing director of tristate district fedex express. what s different about this year? the volume is obviously higher. our residential volume is much higher than it has been in the past. reporter: the company is hoping to hire 90,000 extra employees to help the