Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Express Mail embargo to ZIP Code 395 lifted.

Updated September 14, 2005 - 12 p.m. ET
Newest Service Updates

Express Mail embargo to ZIP Code 395 lifted.

The Postal Service is now accepting Express Mail destined for ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394, 395 and 396.

However, the suspension of Express Mail to ZIP Codes 700, 701 and 704 remains in effect.

Hurricane Katrina Social Security check distribution extended to Sept. 16 for Mississippi locations.
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The suspension of Standard Mail (Letters and Flats) and Periodicals Mail destined for ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394 and 396 has been lifted, but remains in effect for ZIP Codes 395, 700, 701 and 704.

Drop shipment appointments to ZIP Codes 369, 393, 394 and 396 are being accepted — but appointments are required before any drop shipments can occur.

More than 100,000 households have filed for Change of Address in the two most heavily affected ZIP Codes — 700 and 701 in Louisiana

TIMES ARE CHANGING. Changes of Address (COAs) have been filed for more than 100,000 households in the two most heavily affected ZIP Codes — 700 and 701 in Louisiana. That means up to a half million people may be covered by COAs.

For those who have filed COAs, USPS has delivered more than 27,000 Social Security checks in Mississippi and Louisiana, and is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver approximately 200,000 relief checks.

We continue to ask evacuees to keep filing COAs so their mail can follow them.

USPS: RELIEF AND RECOVERY (from Hurricane Katrina)

RELIEF AND RECOVERY. Relief is in sight — and we’re already into the long process of recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

Sixty New Orleans-area Post Offices are back in service, including eight that came on line Monday. Home delivery is not yet restored in all of those areas, but customers in ZIP Codes with working Post Offices can receive mail at the counter.

Updated Map of Post Offices affected by Hurricane Katrina - Updated 9-14-05 11:30 am


The map to the left shows the status of all USPS Post Offices that were affected by Hurricane Katrina and the floods earlier this month (August - September 2005). Green coded areas indict fully operational post offices, yellow represents partial service, red represents NO service, while white are offices not affected. This information is as of Wednesday 9-14-05 11:30 AM

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