More than 330,000 without power in U.S. Southeast from Hurricane Dorian
More than 330,000 homes and businesses in the U.S. Southeast were without power on Friday as Hurricane Dorian skirted the North Carolina-Virginia coast, according to local electric companies.
Dorian’s death toll expected to soar in Bahamas: ‘There must be hundreds’
The smell of death hung over parts of Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas, where relief workers on Friday sifted through the debris of shattered homes and buildings in a search expected to dramatically drive up the death toll from Hurricane Dori…
CDC flags two new deaths from lung illness possibly tied to vaping
U.S. health authorities on Friday said two Americans had died from lung illness that were possibly tied to vaping, bringing the total count of such deaths to three as officials probe whether a “cluster” of lung illnesses are linked to e-cigarette use.
Mallinckrodt to pay $24 million in cash to settle opioid lawsuits with two Ohio counties
Mallinckrodt plc said on Friday it had agreed to pay $24 million in cash to two counties in Ohio, to settle lawsuits related to an ongoing multidistrict opioid litigation in the United States.
U.S. flags two new deaths from lung illness possibly tied to vaping
U.S. health authorities on Friday said two people had died in the states of Oregon and Indiana from lung illness that were possibly tied to vaping, bringing the total official count of such deaths to three.
‘What death smells like’: Dorian’s toll expected to soar in Bahamas
The smell of death hangs over parts of Great Abaco Island in the northern Bahamas, where relief workers on Friday sifted through the debris of shattered homes and buildings in a search expected to dramatically drive up the death toll from Hurricane Dor…
Hurricane Dorian slams into North Carolina’s Outer Banks with high winds, storm surge
Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Friday, hitting the beach resort area with powerful winds and battering waves days after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
Hurricane Dorian insured losses in Caribbean to range from $1.5 billion to $3 billion: AIR worldwide
Insurance industry losses in the Caribbean spurred by Hurricane Dorian will range between $1.5 billion to $3 billion, according to catastrophe risk modeler AIR Worldwide, a Verisk Analytics Inc unit.
Hurricane Dorian hits North Carolina’s Outer Banks
Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Friday, hitting the beach resort area with powerful winds and battering waves days after reducing parts of the Bahamas to rubble.
Texas power prices dive from record high as consumers conserve energy during heat wave
Spot power prices in Texas for Friday crashed from a record high as consumers responded to requests from the state’s grid operator to turn down their air conditioners and take other steps to save energy during a brutal heat wave.
