On Aug. 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida bore down on Louisiana with intense Category 4 strength, officially becoming the second-most damaging hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana—coincidentally, 16 years to the day after the area...
Extreme weather events are occurring more frequently than ever. We have experienced it personally, learned about it in the media, and it is confirmed by a range of meteorological experts, including those at the National...
A rare December tornado that ripped through Kentucky, Tennessee and several other states on Dec. 10, 2021, left communities—especially those across western Kentucky—completely devastated. Fifteen counties in Kentucky have...
2020 set records for multibillion-dollar, weather-related disasters. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual tally of hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, heat waves, droughts and wildfires since 1980...
Storms wreak havoc and create dangerous conditions even after the weather itself has subsided. Tornadoes are particularly violent. They kill about 60 people per year and account for many more injuries, most of which occur...
Only a day after a brutal winter storm pummeled the area with cold winds, heavy snow and outages, customers on Long Island could switch their power on. On Friday, Jan. 5, Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Long Island...
Three months after Puerto Rico was hit by back-to-back hurricanes, the island is still struggling with the recovery. In that time, stakeholders have convened a working group for developing a strategy to rebuild the island's...
While restoration of Puerto Rico’s electrical transmission and distribution systems following Hurricane Maria was still in its early stages, Gov. Ricardo Rossello pledged to have power restored to 95 percent of the...
The nation’s late summer flurry of hurricane activity was unprecedented. Within days of the record downpours from Hurricane Harvey that overwhelmed the Houston area for nearly two weeks in late August, Hurricane Irma roared...
Another storm on the horizon and another image of electric utility trucks heading off to help with recovery efforts. That seemed to be an almost-nightly occurrence in late August through mid-September, as hurricanes Harvey...
