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1 day ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Brian Sullivan |Naureen Malik
A spring heat wave is descending on the central US, sending temperatures soaring over the next few days from the Canadian border to Texas. Austin, Texas, is forecast to reach 104F (40C) Tuesday and 107 Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Minneapolis is forecast to reach 89F Tuesday. More than 130 daily high temperature records may either be broken or tied, according to the weather service. In Texas, the heat will last until next week.
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1 day ago | 
seattletimes.com | Brian Sullivan |Lauren Rosenthal
Extreme weather is an increasingly expensive problem in the U.S. Last year, fires, droughts and storms caused more than $182 billion in damages — but going forward, the federal government won’t be keeping track.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.bgov.com | Lauren Rosenthal |Brian Sullivan
Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed. The websites for four US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regional centers serving 27 states across the central and southern US — including Texas, Florida, Ohio, the Dakotas and the Carolinas — are no longer accessible, according to service notifications posted on the centers’ home pages.
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3 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Lauren Rosenthal |Brian Sullivan
Weather analysis tools used by a wide array of businesses and government entities across the US have gone dark after funding for long-running regional climate hubs lapsed. The websites for four US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regional centers serving 27 states across the central and southern US — including Texas, Florida, Ohio, the Dakotas and the Carolinas — are no longer accessible, according to service notifications posted on the centers’ home pages.
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2 months 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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2 months 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.
