The Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it has made preparations to prevent blackouts during the winter storm, seeking to keep the energy grid stable.
More than 40 million Americans are under threat as a powerful winter storm, named Winter Storm Ezra, bears down on the northern and eastern United States.
Hurricane Erin, now a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph, is churning north-northwest off the East Coast, driving dangerous storm surges and forcing evacuations along North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Hurricane Erin intensified into a Category 4 storm Saturday, packing winds of 145 mph as it churned through the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported. The powerful system is currently located 150 miles northeast of Anguilla, moving west-northwest at 20 mph, and is expected to expand in size in the coming days.
The southeastern United States is on alert as forecasters monitor Invest 97L, a developing system in the Atlantic that could become Hurricane Erin — the first named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported Monday morning that the disturbance has a 90% chance of forming into a tropical depression or storm within the next seven days, with possible development as early as today.
Severe storms swept through New Jersey and New York on Monday, unleashing torrential rains that caused flash flooding, closed subways, and turned deadly for the second time this month. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency, warning residents to stay indoors as rainfall reached more than two inches per hour in some areas.
