British Columbians are being warned to brace themselves for more “heavy rain, strong winds, and freezing temperatures” that will hit the province’s north and south coasts over the weekend, lasting until Tuesday, Nov. 23. “Environment Canada has issued a new winter storm advisory for the north coast, and we’re expecting heavy precipitation and wind. The…
More Storms and Downpours to Hit BC: Province Warns Residents to Get Prepared
Texas Ensures Forgiveness of $29 Million in Unpaid Electric Bills After Griddy Files for Bankruptcy
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said on Tuesday that about 24,000 former customers of Griddy Energy LLC will be released from paying $29.1 million in unpaid electric bills incurred during last month’s winter storm after the power retailer filed for bankruptcy. Paxton said his office has been negotiating with Griddy after the state filed a lawsuit against…
Top Executives of Texas Electric Grid Operator Resign After Widespread Power Outages
Five board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Texas’s power grid operator, resigned Tuesday after the state power system failed during a deadly winter storm, leaving more than 4 million customers losing electricity amid subfreezing temperatures. All of the five board directors live outside Texas. Their resignations are effective Wednesday, just a day before…
Disneyland Vaccination Site Closes Due to Lack of Supply
February 19, 2021
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Orange County health officials were force to shut a large-scale inoculation hub until at least Feb. 22 due to a delayed shipment of COVID-19 vaccine. The slowdown was prompted by a massive winter storm that tore through the U.S. Feb. 13 to Feb. 17 and pushed back California’s shipment of the Moderna vaccine. Without its…
Ford Latest Automaker to Shut North American Plants on US Winter Weather
MEXICO CITY—Freezing weather that interrupted gas supplies in the southern United States and Mexico was wreaking havoc on Thursday with car manufacturing plants on both sides of the border, with Ford saying several of its assembly plants have been shut. The cold snap has overwhelmed Texas’s power grid, while natural gas supplies to Mexico from…
Millions Endure Record Cold Without Power; at Least 16 Dead
OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C.—A winter storm that left millions without power in record-breaking cold weather claimed more lives Tuesday, including three people found dead after a tornado hit a seaside town in North Carolina and four family members who perished in a Houston-area house fire while using a fireplace to stay warm. The storm that…
Texas Oil Refineries Shut as Winter Storm Hits US Energy Sector
Freezing temperatures across Texas during the extended holiday weekend forced energy companies to shut oil refineries in the largest U.S. crude-producing state and restricted natural gas pipeline operations. The rare deep freeze prompted the state’s electric grid operator to impose rotating blackouts, leaving nearly 3 million customers without power. President Joe Biden declared an emergency…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Feb. 15)
A historic winter storm is moving across the southern and central United States. Supporters turned out in Florida to salute former President Donald Trump on President’s Day. And a heated exchange between a CBS reporter and Trump impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen goes viral.
Hundreds of Thousands Without Power in Northwest Ice Storm
LAKE OSWEGO—A winter storm blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and snow Saturday, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power and disrupting travel across the region. Freezing rain left roads, power lines and trees coated in ice in the Portland, Oregon, region, and by Saturday morning more than 270,000 people were without power. The…
Canada’s Mild Winter About to Change With Polar Vortex Coming, Environment Canada Warns
Despite having had a relatively mild winter so far, Canada could be hit with a polar vortex—which brings with it cold air and frigid temperatures—as soon as next week, Environment Canada warns. A polar vortex is a low pressure system that spins and locks cold air near the North pole constrained by a strong polar jet…
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