the peak season. u.p.s. is hirin 100,000 seasonal workers. the u.s. postal service expects to process nearly 2.3 billion pieces of mail this week, making it the busiest time for holiday shipping. though the delivery rush means longer hours for wenz, he s not complaining. it must feel good when you see people s faces when you re delivering these packages? oh, yeah. every one i take out, they ask, do you like your job? i say, no, i love my job. reporter: here at this fedex facility, there are 84 miles of conveyor belts to sort these packages. now, if you miss tomorrow s ground shipping deadline, you have until december 22 to send two-day, and december 23 to send overnight. but fedex is closed on christmas day. norah. o donnell: they deserveidate off. meg oliver, thank you. all right, there has been so much turmoil and suffering in haiti this year, and tonight, at least 66 people are dead and dozens more wounded after a
before thanksgiving. reporter: and you ve been going nonstop ever since. nonstop. reporter: this week, holiday mailing intensifies with christmas only days away. a long island, new york fedex cowerrer raymond wenz is hustling to keep up. i need a signature. reporter: delivering up to 250 packages six days a week during the holiday season. do you feel like you can keep up this pace? i don t think anybody can. reporter: tornado damage in the central u.s., supply chain shortages, and a surge in online shopping are adding to the delivery pressure. fedex expects to ship more than 100 million more packages this holiday season compared to 2019. we sort 6,000 packages an hour here. reporter: nanette malebranche is managing director of tristate district fedex express. what s different about this year? the volume is obviously higher. our residential volume is much higher than it has been in the past. reporter: the company is hoping to hire 90,000 extra employees to help the