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Catastrophic Texas Hill Country Flooding: A Sobering Independence Day(Post)
Catastrophic flash flooding struck the Texas Hill Country over the July Fourth holiday, as torrential overnight rain sent rivers surging with astonishing speed. The human toll is heartbreaking, and en
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Peak Hurricane Season Is Here, and Forecasters Say It Is Not Slowing Down(Post)
NOAA’s updated seasonal outlook keeps the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season in above-normal territory, and the calendar agrees: the climatological peak of the season, centered on September 10, is now upo
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Hurricane Melissa Becomes One of the Atlantic’s Strongest Storms on Record(Post)
Hurricane Melissa struck western Jamaica this week as a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane, with winds near 185 mph and one of the lowest barometric pressures ever measured in an Atlantic storm. Meliss
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Severe Outbreak Slams the East as the Midwest Digs Out: A Million Lose Power(Post)
A rare early-spring severe weather outbreak swept the East Coast on the heels of the Midwest’s record blizzard, a one-two punch that has knocked out power to more than a million customers across the M
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Fast-Moving Storms Rake the Central U.S. with Tornadoes and Hail(Post)
A destructive line of severe thunderstorms tore across the central United States this week, racing eastward at 50 mph with wind gusts to 60 mph, multiple tornado warnings, and hail up to golf-ball siz
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Days of Derechos: Midwest Storm Siege Affects Nearly Two Million Customers(Post)
A relentless six-day stretch of severe thunderstorms battered the Midwest and Great Lakes last week, with repeated bow echoes driving straight-line wind damage across Illinois, Indiana, and neighborin
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The Base For A Standby Generator(Post)
How the standby generator is mounted is an important aspect of the installation process. The generator must be protected from any moisture that may come up from the ground. It also must be provid
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Weeks in the Dark: What Helene and Milton Taught America About Backup Power(Post)
As October wears on, thousands of families in western North Carolina’s mountains and parts of Florida are still waiting for the grid to come back after Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Two historic storm
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Winter Storm Blair Opens 2025 with Snow, Ice, and Widespread Outages(Post)
The first major winter storm of 2025 is plowing from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic, burying a corridor from Kansas through Kentucky and Virginia in heavy snow and dangerous ice. Hundreds of thousands
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Category 5 Hurricane Erin Brushes the East Coast: A Close Call Worth Heeding(Post)
Hurricane Erin, the season’s first hurricane, exploded into a Category 5 over the open Atlantic before curving north between the U.S. coast and Bermuda. While the core stayed offshore, Erin still forc
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Powerful Nor’easter Lashes the East Coast; New York Declares State of Emergency(Post)
A potent autumn nor’easter churned up the East Coast this week, driving days of gusty onshore winds, coastal flooding, and heavy rain from the Carolinas to New England. New York’s governor declared a
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Thanksgiving Week Blizzard Hammers the Upper Midwest(Post)
A significant blizzard is striking the Upper Midwest during Thanksgiving week, with heavy snow and whiteout conditions disrupting one of the busiest travel periods of the year. Forecasters warn that t