‘Rivers in the Sky’ Causing Billions in Flood Damage in U.S. February 12, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan Climate change is spurring a new, deep dive into a complex, little-studied weather system blamed for creating billions of dollars...
U.S. Had 14 Weather Disasters of $1 Billion or More in 2019 January 9, 2020 By Brian K. Sullivan The U.S. had 14 weather disasters costing $1 billion or more last year, with Midwest flooding accounting for almost half...
More Storms. Less Damage. But 2019’s Slow Hurricanes Leave Sense of Foreboding. November 30, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic Ocean has spawned lots of storms this season while doing much less damage than prior years. But warming...
PG&E Warns of Possible Northern California Blackouts at Mid-Week November 18, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. is warning a quarter-million homes and businesses could lose power in northern California starting Wednesday as high winds...
Wildfire Season Rages on in Southern California as Thousands Flee November 1, 2019 By Christopher Martin and Brian K. Sullivan A wildfire that erupted overnight near Los Angeles has forced 7,500 people to flee as the tail end of a...
California Wildfire Damage at $25.4B and Rising October 29, 2019 By Nic Querolo and Brian K. Sullivan Damages from the fires ripping across California stand at $25.4 billion, and they’re bound to keep rising. The Kincade fire...
California Braces for Biggest Blackout Yet as Massive Wildfire Burns October 25, 2019 By Mark Chediak, David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan As wildfires rage and utilities race to restore power, the worst may be yet to come for California residents. PG&E...
500K-Plus Californians Lose Power; Large Wildfire Rages October 24, 2019 By Mark Chediak, David R. Baker and Brian K. Sullivan More than half a million people have lost power across California as part of a deliberate blackout designed to keep...
California Threatened by More Blackouts With Wind Gusts October 21, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Almost two weeks after 2.3 million people in California suffered through forced blackouts, the state’s utilities are warning they may...
Update: Hurricane Lorenzo Loses Power but Swells in Size as It Heads Toward Ireland October 2, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Lorenzo, the largest storm ever to roam the Eastern Atlantic, is forecast to strike the heart of Ireland’s west...