OKLAHOMA CITY—Parts of the Southern Plains counted the injured and surveyed the damage Monday after tornadoes and other powerful winds swept through, while some Michigan residents faced a fifth consecutive day without power following last week’s ice storm. In California, the National Weather Service said a series of winter storm systems will continue moving into […]
Heavy coastal rain and mountain snow from a potent atmospheric river are falling across the western United States, with more to come later this week. All 11 Western states are expecting rain or snow, with the heaviest impacts predicted for California. The atmospheric river—a long, narrow region in the atmosphere that can transport moisture thousands […]
As the Biden administration pushes for a drastic energy transition, proponents argue renewable energies like wind and solar are cheaper. But is that true? A recent study found, looking at all the cost factors, wind and solar are actually more expensive than conventional fuels.
Arctic air blasting across the northern tier of the United States gripped parts of the High Plains, the Upper Midwest and New England on Monday, with wind-chill alerts posted from Montana to Maine, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. The frigid air mass, ushered in behind a cold front sweeping over the East Coast into […]
A powerful storm was starting to flood some Mid-Atlantic coastal areas Friday afternoon, and high water is soon expected in Washington—part of what forecasters said could be the area’s worst tidal flooding in the past two decades. Strong winds are pushing water into Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay, and moving that water inland, flooding the […]
A series of storms are making their way from the Pacific Northwest to the Great Lakes region, and they will be bringing everything but the kitchen sink with them. Rain, snow, tropical storm-force winds, and even tornadoes are all possible over the next 48 hours. A cold front and associated low-pressure system which originated in […]
WASHINGTON—A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power stations that can store electricity to supplement grids increasingly supplied by intermittent sources like solar and wind power. The effort is targeted at helping improve grid reliability. TerraPower LLC, which Gates founded 14 years ago, and its […]
