Strong winds cam impact trees and power lines any time of year. During strong wind events, it's important to know how to prepare and what you can do to stay safe during an extended outage. If your ...

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Thousands of Charlotte-area residents were without power Monday morning as a severe storm system made its way through the Carolinas. As of noon Monday, Duke Energy reported nearly 3,000 customers ...

MOUNT VERNON — Just when it feels impossible to endure one more gray day, color erupts from the ground in the Skagit Valley. The Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, an April tradition, is kicking off early ...

A live U.S. power outage map showed 1,025,552 customers without electricity as of its latest update, reflecting disruptions spread across multiple regions and utility providers. Ohio reported the ...

Around the world, 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity. More than 600 million are in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 300 million are in India alone. Providing electric power to these ...