Ford shuts F-150 plant as winter storm creates natural gas shortage
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Ford is shutting its Kansas City assembly plant that makes its best-selling F-150 pickup because of a shortage of natural gas caused by winter weather hitting much of the country.
"To ensure we minimize our use of natural gas that is critical to heat people's homes, we decided to cancel operations for a week, beginning Saturday, February 13," Ford said in a statement. "We expect to return to normal operations on Monday, February 22." About 200 million people were under some sort of weather-related alert Tuesday as a winter storm pummeled much of the United States. After hitting Texas and Oklahoma especially hard, the storm was expected to move out through the Northeast late Tuesday, leaving a trail of heavy snow and ice in its path, CNN Meteorologist Tyler Mauldin said.More Related News
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