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Everett Sloane

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Power and Grids

8 of the tallest dams in the United States

September 5, 2026

Nuclear

9 of the largest nuclear power plants running in the United States

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

Sinkholes are opening under US cities as old pipes and aquifers give way

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

Wet-bulb heat is creeping toward the limit the human body can survive

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

Derechos, the inland windstorms that act like hurricanes, are flattening whole regions

September 5, 2026

Power and Grids

The US power grid is straining under the surge of AI data-center demand

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

Softball-size hail is falling more often as storms grow more violent

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

Fire whirls, the spinning columns of flame, are showing up in bigger wildfires

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

A single lightning bolt is five times hotter than the surface of the Sun

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Atlantic still hasn’t produced a single hurricane, its latest start in decades

September 5, 2026

Nuclear

A Michigan nuclear plant shut down for good is being switched back on for AI power

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

A locked stretch of the San Andreas hasn’t slipped in more than 300 years

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

A magnitude-7.7 quake off Indonesia’s Flores killed dozens and shoved the seafloor

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

Mount Rainier’s deadliest threat isn’t lava, it’s a mudflow called a lahar

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

The New Madrid fault could rattle a quarter of the country in a single quake

September 5, 2026

Extreme Weather

The magma under Yellowstone could power an eruption felt across the continent

September 5, 2026

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