Mar 16, 2023

More than 100,000 Californians were without power due to the state’s 11th atmospheric river, which has brought torrential rain to the state. An atmospheric river is a long, narrow river in the sky that carries enough water vapors as an average flow of water at the mouth of the Mississippi River.…

Feb 28, 2023

Residents of the Northeast brace for more heavy snow after tornadoes and powerful winds ravaged the Southern Plains. Michigan residents were confronted with a sixth consecutive day without power following a devastating ice storm last week.The National Weather Service reported that winter storms …

Feb 24, 2023

A massive winter storm that is affecting the U.S. from California through the Midwest is causing havoc and power outages for more than 995,000 people in five states on Thursday, including more than 772,000 in Michigan.The National Weather Service has issued a first ever blizzard warning for San …

Feb 06, 2023

This past week millions of Americans had to contend with frigid temperatures, which in some areas caused power outages. It’s easy to understand power outages occurring during a severe rain or snowstorm, tornadoes or other severe weather event. However, we can’t understand why power outages occur…

Feb 02, 2023

Texas got the worst of a winter storm that struck the Midwest and south on Wednesday. More than 340,000 Texas residents were without power on Wednesday. Other areas affected included the Midwest from Minnesota into Texas as well as Arkansas and other states in the region. Nearly 30 million peopl…

Jan 13, 2023

Alabama and Georgia suffered the worst of a winter storm that included tornadoes and severe winds that savaged much of the U.S. south Thursday night. Buildings were destroyed in Selma, Alabama. Members of the city council used light from their cellphones as they met outside to declare a state o…

Jan 05, 2023

A storm known as a “Bomb Cyclone” brought 45-foot waves out at sea, torrential rain, warnings of floods and mudslides, and caused more than 100,000 people to experience power outages.The storm was expected to drop up to 6 inches of rain in parts of San Francisco Bay. Most of the region was under …

Dec 27, 2022

A severe winter snowstorm with severe cold temperatures and snow entangled most of the United States the week of Christmas. About 12 states experienced blizzard warnings. North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Wisconsin, and New York were some of the states imp…

Dec 21, 2022

A day after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shook Humboldt County in Northern California 250 miles north of San Francisco. power has been restored to 50,000 electric customers. Immediately after the quake on Tuesday, 72,000 customers were without power. About 14,000 customers are still without power…

Oct 06, 2022

Hurricane Ian has left its mark on Florida and the Carolinas. One hundred and ten people are reported dead and hundreds of thousands of utility customers were without power on Wednesday, October 5th.Last week, Ian made landfall on the western side of the Florida peninsula. In its wake it left 300…

Sep 29, 2022

Hurricane Ian has left more than 2.5 millions of Floridians without power as it is downgraded to a tropical storm early Thursday. The storm is still considered dangerous as it continues to move through the state dumping raid and causing flash floods. More outages wee expected in the central and …

Sep 26, 2022

Florida is once again in the cross hairs of another hurricane. This one is known as Ian. The storm was officially categorized as a hurricane early on Monday and it continues to grow stronger as it crosses the Caribbean toward Cuba and Florida.Formed as a tropical storm on Friday, September 23rd …