Every year , from around the beginning of July , states along the southern part of the Eastern Seaboard in the USA brace themselves for hurricane season , which can last until well into autumn . Florida , on the south-east coast , is the most hurricane-prone state of them all .

Companies whose supply chains are affected by this annual extreme weather phenomenon increasingly use Industry 4.0 tech for real-time data on rail , road and air routes , to keep supply disruption to a minimum .

10 July 2022