Oct 10, 2024

Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key on Florida’s west coast Wednesday night as a major hurricane, spawning a swarm of destructive tornadoes across the peninsula and knocking out power to more than three million customers statewide. For a state still cleaning up from Helene, Milton i…

Sep 27, 2024

Hurricane Helene roared ashore in Florida’s Big Bend late Thursday as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, then raced inland at highway speed, carrying destructive winds and historic rainfall deep into Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee. Millions of customers across the Southeast are without po…

Sep 12, 2024

Hurricane Francine made landfall in south Louisiana Wednesday evening as a Category 2 storm, lashing the region with damaging winds, storm surge, and flooding rain. Outages climbed rapidly through the evening, with hundreds of thousands of customers losing power across Louisiana and Mississippi, inc…

Aug 15, 2024

Tropical Storm Ernesto swept past Puerto Rico this week, and even without a direct hurricane-strength landfall, the storm left well over half a million utility customers in the dark across the island. Ernesto has since strengthened into a hurricane over open water and is taking aim at Bermuda. A Rem…

Aug 06, 2024

Hurricane Debby made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Monday morning as a Category 1 storm, then slowed to a crawl over the Southeast. The storm’s leisurely pace is the real story. Catastrophic rainfall totals are inundating parts of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, with some ar…

Jul 16, 2024

More than a week after Hurricane Beryl tore through southeast Texas, crews are still working to restore service to the hardest-hit neighborhoods. For hundreds of thousands of families, the days after the storm were defined by spoiled food, sleepless nights in the heat, and the hum of portable genera…

Jul 09, 2024

Hurricane Beryl came ashore on the Texas coast near Matagorda early Monday as a Category 1 hurricane, driving a destructive path through the Houston metro area. The storm knocked out power to roughly 2.7 million customers at its peak, one of the largest outage events in the region’s history, a…

Jun 30, 2024

June is closing out with two major weather stories. Days of heavy rain have pushed rivers and streams over their banks across parts of the Midwest, forcing evacuations and damaging infrastructure. Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, Hurricane Beryl has become the earliest Category 4 hurricane on record, an …

Jun 21, 2024

A stubborn ridge of high pressure, often called a heat dome, has settled over a large portion of the central and eastern United States this week, trapping hot air near the surface and sending temperatures into the upper 90s from the Great Lakes to New England. Heat advisories and excessive heat warn…

May 23, 2024

As Florida braces for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued its most alarming preseason forecast yet. Anticipating an unprecedented 17 to 25 named storms, with eight to 13 expected to escalate into hurricanes, and four to seven …

May 17, 2024

On May 16, 2024, Harris County, Texas, faced a severe weather event that resulted in power outages for more than 477,000 residents. The storms, characterized by intense winds, heavy rainfall, and tornadoes, inflicted widespread damage, making it one of the most significant power disruptions in t…

Apr 30, 2024

As summer approaches with its sweltering embrace, Texas once again finds itself grappling with the specter of power shortages. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the operator of the state's power grid, has issued a warning of possible power emergencies due to a potential shortfal…