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Everett Sloane

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Extreme Weather

The Storm Prediction Center just issued a rare Level 4 of 5 tornado risk for Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa Monday — only about 14 days a year hit that tier

May 19, 2026

Power and Grids

The lead time for a high-power grid transformer just stretched from 30 months to 5 years — bottlenecking every new AI data center trying to connect

May 19, 2026

Power and Grids

PJM — the U.S. grid serving 65 million people — just warned it has ‘years, not decades’ to restructure as AI loads threaten the system

May 19, 2026

Energy Transition

An iron-based catalyst just produced clean hydrogen without a trace of platinum — cutting the cost of the reaction that powers every hydrogen fuel cell

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Sandy Fire is burning 184 acres in Simi Valley right now — crews battle a fast-moving brush fire as residents flee the drought-stricken hills

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

The western U.S. snowpack just hit its lowest level since records began — and 10 western states just recorded their warmest October-to-April ever

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

NOAA drops the 2026 Atlantic hurricane outlook Thursday — forecasters already predict fewer named storms as a building El Niño suffocates the tropics

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

The 2026 wildfire season has already burned 1.92 million acres across 26,568 fires — and peak season hasn’t even started

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Northeast heat dome peaks today with records set to fall from Boston to Atlanta — rainfall deficits already hit 15 inches

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

Strong tornadoes threaten Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa today — forecasters warn of baseball-size hail and 80 mph winds through the evening

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Storm Prediction Center just issued a Level 3 enhanced tornado risk for 80 million people as the Plains outbreak stretches into a fifth day

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

A tornado emergency just slammed Hebron, Nebraska — 1,700 residents trapped under a large confirmed tornado as the Plains outbreak builds into Monday

May 19, 2026

Extreme Weather

A tornado watch just locked down southwestern Iowa until 11 PM as severe thunderstorms roll east at 50 mph toward Dodgeville

May 17, 2026

Extreme Weather

The European climate models now show Super El Niño reaching +3°C above average by fall and +4.5°C in the eastern Pacific by November

May 17, 2026

Nuclear

The UK just committed £2 billion to quantum computing and £2.5 billion to nuclear fusion — a national bet on energy independence

May 17, 2026

Power and Grids

Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents are about to lose 75% of their power as their utility reroutes lines to hungry AI data centers nearby

May 17, 2026

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