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Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

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

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

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

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

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

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

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

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Meta announced 6.6 gigawatts of nuclear energy projects specifically to power its AI data centers

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

AI data center power demand has hit 29.6 gigawatts — roughly what it takes to power the entire state of New York at peak

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Nuclear power set a global output record last year — and the IEA says nuclear plus renewables will generate half of all electricity by 2030

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

The Department of Energy awarded $94 million to speed up small modular reactor deployments across the United States

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Record-breaking heat in California melted a meager snowpack weeks early — setting up late May and June for elevated wildfire risk in the foothills

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

51% of the United States now sits in moderate drought or worse — and the season’s worst fire months are still ahead

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Wildfires have burned 1.88 million acres in 2026 — more than any year in the last decade by mid-May — and peak season hasn’t started

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

El Niño is developing faster than expected — European models show it could reach +3 degrees C above average by late fall

By Everett Sloane

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