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AccuWeather predicts 65,000 to 80,000 wildfires and up to 8 million acres burned across the US in 2026

Colorado River system storage has dropped to 36% of capacity as the worst drought since 1895 intensifies

Washington got 104% of normal winter precipitation, but too much fell as rain instead of snow, leaving half the usual snowpack

Washington state declares its fourth consecutive drought emergency — a record under the framework established in 1989

NRC completed TerraPower’s safety review ahead of schedule and 11% under budget — construction is already underway

TerraPower’s Natrium reactor in Wyoming is the first non-light-water power reactor ever permitted by the NRC for commercial construction

Gas hit $4.39 nationally — up from $3.20 before the war started nine weeks ago

Oil has surged 60% since the war began on February 28, with WTI above $105 and Brent near $110

Strait of Hormuz blockade is now the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”

Hoover Dam may lose 40% of its power this fall as the feds drain one reservoir to save another

Georgia’s most destructive wildfire in history has burned 40,000 acres and destroyed 120 homes

62% of the US is in drought, 1.85 million acres have burned, and wildfire season hasn’t even started

Lake Powell could lose all hydropower by August as drought drains the Colorado River to a breaking point

Washington state declares statewide drought emergency over dismal snowpack

Severe thunderstorms possible from Missouri to the mid-Mississippi Valley as Gulf moisture surges north

Houston under flood watch as 4 to 6 inches of rain expected Friday into Saturday

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