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PJM’s power capacity shortfall just hit 6 gigawatts for 2027 — enough to black out six mid-sized U.S. cities at peak demand

Commonwealth Fusion’s SPARC reactor is now 75% built in Massachusetts — Google and Eni have already signed power purchase agreements

Power demand across the western U.S. is now tracking toward record-tying highs next week as the heat dome builds over the Plains

The Drought Monitor now shows 62% of the United States sitting in drought as the driest spring since records began comes to a close

The University of Arizona hurricane team forecasts a much more active year — 20 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and an ACE index of 155 units

The Colorado State University hurricane team forecasts 13 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major hurricanes for 2026 — below average, thanks to building El Niño

NOAA will issue the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season outlook Thursday in Lakeland — the first federal forecast in the El Niño-strengthening era

The mid-Atlantic and Southeast now sit on a 10-to-15-inch rainfall deficit since last fall — and a May heat wave is cooking the last of the moisture out

The Storm Prediction Center warns 85 mph wind gusts were measured near Colby, Kansas overnight as the multi-day Plains outbreak builds

AI power demand at data centers can now swing hundreds of megawatts in seconds — outpacing every traditional grid response

NERC just issued a Level 3 alert about AI data centers going offline without warning — computational loads could increase exponentially in 4 years

American Electric Power just threatened to quit two of the biggest U.S. power grids over delays connecting new AI data centers

Atlanta, New York, and Boston will all hit the 90s this week as a May heat wave fries the East Coast and deepens drought

PJM — the U.S. grid serving 65 million people — projects a 6 gigawatt power shortage by 2027 as AI data centers swallow capacity

49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power as their utility diverts electricity to nearby AI data centers

Six straight days of tornado outbreaks are rolling across the central Plains — forecasters warn EF-2+ tornadoes, 85 mph winds, and large hail through Tuesday

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