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1 month ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Brian Sullivan |Mary Hui |Joe Wertz
First came a dry spell that parched the land, then a spark, followed by some wind. Suddenly, swaths of South Carolina were consumed by voracious flames. More than 100 fires ignited in the state last weekend — an unusually high total even in the heart of fire season. It was the perfect combination of arid air, dry fuels and gusting winds that combined to spread the flames, said Doug Wood, a spokesman for the state’s Forestry Commission.
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1 month ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Lauren Rosenthal |Brian Sullivan |Ari Natter
The Trump administration fired hundreds of employees at the top US agency overseeing weather prediction and climate research, raising concerns about the nation’s preparedness amid wildfire and tornado warnings. The cuts affect the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the National Weather Service and a vast observational system that supplies free data to commercial forecasters.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Brian Sullivan |Naureen Malik
More than 100 million people are facing frigid conditions across the eastern and central US, including the entire state of Texas, as an arctic blast threatens to break low-temperature records. Extreme cold has pushed deep into the central US all the way to the Gulf Coast and is spreading to the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic, the National Weather Service said.
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2 months ago | 
financialpost.com | Brian Sullivan |Naureen Malik
More than 100 million people are facing frigid conditions across the eastern and central US, including the entire state of Texas, as an arctic blast threatens to break low-temperature records. (Bloomberg) — More than 100 million people are facing frigid conditions across the eastern and central US, including the entire state of Texas, as an arctic blast threatens to break low-temperature records.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Brian Sullivan |Naureen Malik
More than 100 million people are facing frigid conditions across the eastern and central US, including the entire state of Texas, as an arctic blast threatens to break low-temperature records. Extreme cold has pushed deep into the central US all the way to the Gulf Coast and is spreading to the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic, the National Weather Service said.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Brian Sullivan |Naureen Malik
Winter storms and record-breaking cold will descend on the central and southern US this week, snarling transportation and putting the vulnerable Texas power grid to yet another test. Temperatures are forecast to drop to 15F (-9C) in Dallas Wednesday night, and with the wind chill it will feel closer to 0F, said Allison Prater, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Fort Worth.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Lauren Rosenthal |Brian Sullivan
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has emerged as a target of President Donald Trump’s program of downsizing the federal workforce and imposing new restrictions on executive branch agencies. NOAA is a scientific research and regulatory agency best known for providing daily weather forecasts through its National Weather Service. The terabytes of weather and climate data the agency collects every day are used by companies, scientists and governments around the world.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Lauren Rosenthal |Brian Sullivan
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, has emerged as a target of President Donald Trump’s program of downsizing the federal workforce and imposing new restrictions on executive branch agencies. NOAA is a scientific research and regulatory agency best known for providing daily weather forecasts through its National Weather Service. The terabytes of weather and climate data the agency collects every day are used by companies, scientists and governments around the world.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Brian Sullivan
Crews battling wildfires in Southern California face more powerful winds before rain is forecast to arrive this weekend and potentially slow the deadly blazes. Dry winds of up to 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour will batter Los Angeles and Ventura counties Thursday, the US Storm Prediction Center said. Gusts could reach 70 mph. Winds may ease slightly Friday, then the region could catch a break Saturday night as rain and possibly thunderstorms arrive.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
bloomberg.com | Brian Sullivan
Across the US South, extreme weather usually means boarding up windows against hurricane winds and lining streets with sandbags to hold back floods. This week, freezing temperatures and record-breaking snowfall are instead sending residents from Florida to Texas rushing to warming centers, and causing chaos on roads and runways. The region’s worst snowstorm in 130 years has seen as much as 10 inches pile up in New Orleans, according to public reports, smashing a record of 2.7 inches set in 1963.
