‘Avian Incident’ Knocks Out 84% of Massive California Solar Farm June 20, 2019 By Millicent Dent An “avian incident” sparked a fire at one of California’s biggest solar farms, affecting 1,200 acres and knocking out 84%...
Tornadoes Rip Through Kansas After One Killed, Scores Hurt by Ohio Twisters May 29, 2019 BROOKVILLE, Ohio — Several tornadoes reportedly touched down on Tuesday evening in Kansas to damage homes, uproot trees and rip...
One Dead, Dozens Hurt as Tornadoes Flatten Buildings in Ohio May 28, 2019 By Rich McKay Tornadoes pulverized western Ohio early on Tuesday, killing one person, injuring scores of others and requiring emergency officials to send...
Thunderstorms Strike East Coast, Leave Thousands without Power April 15, 2019 Severe thunderstorms blasted the U.S. East Coast with gusts of wind up to 50 miles per hour on Monday morning,...
Deaths Spark Governor’s Call for Generators in Florida Nursing Homes September 26, 2017 By GARY FINEOUT After 11 nursing home residents died in the sweltering heat of hurricane-induced power outages, Florida’s nursing home industry is now...
Researchers Say Hurricane Joaquin Could Cause up to 14M People to Lose Power October 2, 2015 Hurricane Joaquin could result in power failure for as many as 14 million people, according to power outage forecasts by...
Researchers Find Smaller Power Grids Could Reduce Blackout Risk April 9, 2014 Some 90 years ago, British polymath J.B.S. Haldane proposed that for every animal there is an optimal size — one...
Missed Calls by Tennessee Firefighters Reviewed December 9, 2013 The Memphis Fire Department in Tennessee has inspected bay doors at all its stations after firefighters missed calls because they...
4 Charged With Stealing Copper From Utility Pole November 26, 2013 Police say four people have been charged with stealing copper wire from a BGE utility pole in Odenton, Md., which...
AEP Offers Reward in West Virginia Copper Theft Outage November 1, 2013 Moundsville, W.Va., police are looking for copper thieves who caused a power outage affecting about 3,000 American Electric Power customers....