April 30, 2025
As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the day before, business associations and companies began counting the cost. Spain’s main business lobby CEOE estimated the outage would shave …
April 29, 2025
It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst blackouts in Europe in more than a decade, electricity grid operators in Spain and Portugal are trying to get networks …
April 28, 2025
Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, airports and phone service, leaving authorities scrambling to find the causes for one of the worst outages in Europe in years. Data from …
April 8, 2025
The Ohio River is expected to crest Tuesday night at historically high levels, exacerbating flooding that has already swamped hundreds of homes, businesses and restaurants in Louisville and other parts of Kentucky. While heavy rains have moved on, rivers continue …
June 5, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — For at least some residents, Atlanta’s water problems weren’t over Monday. Milena Franco, who lives in the city’s Midtown neighborhood, said she and her husband had water all weekend. But Monday morning, the flow was cut off, …
April 24, 2024
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are using a $1.3 million grant to see if huge blobs of seaweed can be harvested to help mitigate the economic impact on Florida beaches. The FAU Harbor Beach Oceanographic Institute this month announced the …
April 18, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were “illogical” and violated the state constitution, an appeals …
March 5, 2024
Falvey Insurance Group announced the launch of Commercial Output insurance – coverage designed to cater to the diverse insurance needs of businesses in the manufacturing, institutional, industrial, and commercial sectors. Crafted by Falvey’s inland marine managing general agency (MGA), the …
January 26, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and killed bottlenose dolphins that live in saltwater, according to a new lawsuit. Several …
January 22, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement agencies are investigating whether social media rumors about a potential water outage prompted people to quickly fill bathtubs with tap water in Mississippi’s capital during a cold snap and cause a drop in pressure …