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Extreme Weather

The Southeast is a tinderbox: 97% of the region is in drought, Florida has burned 120,000 acres, and fire season could last until October

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

62% of the US is in drought after the driest January-to-March on record — and AccuWeather forecasts up to 8 million acres will burn this year

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

El Niño is forecast to arrive by summer with a 100% probability of reaching ‘Super’ strength — and it could break every temperature record

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Mayon’s pyroclastic flow traveled 4 km down the southwest flank — the longest run this eruption — as 91,000 people shelter in place

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Severe storms are already knocking out power across the South as the system pushes from Texas to the Carolinas overnight

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Michigan logs its 15th tornado of 2026 — in a state that averages 15 for the entire year — and it’s only May

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

The Storm Prediction Center warns strong tornadoes are possible from the lower Mississippi Valley into Alabama as 850-mb flow doubles

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Tornado watches cover Alabama, northwest Georgia, and Mississippi with EF2+ tornadoes, 80 mph winds, and 4-inch hail possible tonight

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Zap Energy becomes the first fusion company to add traditional nuclear fission to its business — a move that stunned the industry

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

62% of the United States is now in drought — the worst spring on record — and 1.75 million acres have already burned

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

The world’s largest fusion reactor just received the final piece of its 3,000-ton superconducting heart

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

El Niño is now 100% likely to arrive this summer and forecasters say it could be the strongest ever recorded

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Tornado outbreaks are catching forecasters by surprise after the National Weather Service lost 15% of its scientists

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Drought covers 62% of the US and is expected to persist through July as wildfire risk surges nationwide

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

AccuWeather forecasts 65,000 to 80,000 wildfires will ignite across the US in 2026 — well above the historical average

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Europe turns back to nuclear after admitting renewables alone cannot stabilize the grid

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

17,000 megawatts of battery storage now online in California — one-third of the way to its 2045 clean energy goal

By Everett Sloane

Energy Transition

California’s battery fleet discharged 12,000 megawatts in one evening — equaling 12 nuclear plants during peak demand

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Natural gas and nuclear now dominate the US power plant queue at 55% of proposed capacity

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

TerraPower’s NRC construction permit arrived 9 months early — the fastest nuclear approval in a generation

By Everett Sloane

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