Storms & CAT
Hurricanes, wildfire, floods, and the demand surges they drive.
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Texas Hill Country floods again, major disaster declaration (DR-4879)
Severe storms and flooding hit South/Central Texas starting July 12: Kerr, Guadalupe, Travis, Williamson, and more.
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A Gulf storm is spinning up, water-loss demand about to spike
A tropical depression ~110 miles south of Panama City may strengthen into Tropical Storm Bertha.
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Wildfire is running 157% of average, and it's not just the West
3,168,102 acres burned as of June 30 to 157% of the 10-year average.
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Smoke and air quality become their own demand driver
Wildfire smoke and heat drove major-city air quality to the worst in the country (Chicago), with Colorado similarly degraded, hundreds of miles from any fire line.
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Critical fire weather and dry lightning threaten Northern California and the West
Forecasters warned the wildfire threat across the U.S. West would climb Friday and stay dangerous into the weekend, with dry lightning over cured-out vegetation across Northern California a top ignition concern.
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