ARLINGTON, Texas — General Motors has temporarily halted vehicle production at two U.S. factories – including one in North Texas – that assemble highly profitable large pickups and SUVs due to impacts to suppliers from Hurricane Helene.
A GM spokesperson confirmed to WFAA on Friday that shifts were canceled at its assembly plant in Arlington for Thursday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct. 4 "because of impacts to suppliers as a result of Hurricane Helene."
"We are working with these suppliers to resume operations as quickly and safely as possible for their employees and communities, as we seek to minimize impacts on our plants," the spokesperson said when reached by email.
The other plant to reportedly halt production was the Flint, Michigan plant.
Hurricane Helene made landfall along the Florida Big Bend region and made its way into the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee. The death toll from the storm has eclipsed 200 people and could still rise – making it the deadliest storm to hit the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The Arlington, Texas, plant makes Chevrolet Tahoes and Suburbans, GMC Yukons and Yukon XLs, and Cadillac Escalades and Escalade-Vs, according to their website. The facility opened in 1954.
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