The US House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into shipping giant Amazon's practices during extreme weather events. The probe was launched largely as a response to the company's handling of employee safety during a swarm of tornadoes last year that left six workers dead.
The committee sent a letter to Amazon Chief Executive Andy Jassy on Thursday asking Amazon to provide policies detailing emergency preparation and any relating to the tornadoes that destroyed an Amazon facility and killed workers in Edwardsville, Illinois, in December.
