Power outage in McKinney, Texas, on Feb. 16. Photo: Cooper Neill/Bloomberg via Getty Images Zoom in: There are many reasons why the situation in Texas is exceptionally bad. The Wall Street...
The deadly McKinney Fire, which has so far consumed nearly 60,000 acres in the Klamath National Forest, began underneath a power line circuit that had trouble...
Texas’ electric grid nearly melted down in the summer of 2019, when searing temperatures sent electricity demand soaring. The state’s grid operator was able to keep the lights on, but many observers were worried. They wondered if Texas power plants would be able to match the rising demand, driven largely by residents reaching for the dial on their air conditioning units. When the grid locked up again this week, leaving 4 million people in Texas without power, it was for an entirely different...
The McKinney Fire was a destructive wildfire in the Klamath National... near McKinney Creek Road, where the fire began on July 29, 2022, at approximately 2:15 p.m. PDT. The McKinney Fire...
KLAMATH RIVER, Calif. - One month ago, the McKinney fire in Siskiyou County erupted, killing four people and destroying or damaging hundreds of homes. Now, power bills are being sent to residents w...
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"When the power goes out, it's a lot of people." This time, she discovered through Facebook that this morning's power outage was far-reaching, spreading outside of her neighborhood. Through...
Crews battling the deadly McKinney Fire — which has already burned nearly 90 square miles and forced thousands of people from their homes — are bracing for another round of lightning-charged, gusty thunderstorms Tuesday as they battle to get control of California’s largest wildfire of 2022. The alarming weather forecast came as two people were found dead in a vehicle that burned in the fire’s path, marking the first casualties of this year’s wildfire season. The deaths appear to have o...
The state’s power grid operators hoped rotating outages would actually begin by the end of Wednesday, calling it the “best case” so thousands of Texans aren’t...