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As crews continued working to bring power to those in Louisiana without it, Gov. John Bel Edwards provided an update on Ida recovery efforts.

The remnants of Hurricane Ida are causing flooding across Massachusetts on Thursday morning, with reports of cars being stuck in high water.

About 20,000 residents across New England are dealing with power outages as the remnants of Ida make their way through the region. As of 10 a.m. Thursday, Eversource reported that 14,591 customers in Connecticut were without power. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported that 4,276 people in the state were without power as of 10 a.m. About 407 residents in…

Tropical Storm Henri knocked out power for thousands across New England as it made landfall Sunday.

Tropical Storm Henri is expected to hit landfall Sunday afternoon.

Governor Charlie Baker provides an update on how Massachusetts is preparing for Hurricane Henri.

Massachusetts is bracing for between 100,000 and 300,000 power outages as Hurricane Henri works it way toward the state.

A private company that took over power transmission and distribution in Puerto Rico this month has struggled with widespread outages and growing anger as it scrambled Thursday to control a large fire at a main substation that left hundreds of thousands of clients in the dark.

Powerful winds topping 50 mph knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses Monday across parts of New England, and damage was reported across the region.

At least 111 people are dead as a result of the winter storm that knocked out power to millions of Texans last month, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services released on Thursday.

People gathered at the scene of a deadly crash in East Boston to mourn the loss of an 18-year-old.

Nearly 800 people were still without power Thursday morning after a fatal car crash involving a utility pole in East Boston Wednesday night.

A car was split in half after it crashed into a utility pole in East Boston Wednesday night. One man was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred just before 8 p.m. on McClellan Highway near Addison Street. A woman is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Boston Police Department. The man was identified…

A vehicle split in half in a crash that left one person dead in East Boston Wednesday night.

Texas’ power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days in subfreezing temperatures.

Trees were toppled by severe wind overnight in New England.

Heavy winds toppled a tree into a home, knocked the side off a Boston building and made fires hard to fight in Massachusetts Tuesday.

Scaffolding collapsed from a seven-story building in Roxbury and trees came crashing onto homes in Brookline and Westboro as strong winds persisted overnight.

Tens of thousands of people woke up without power in Massachusetts Tuesday as howling winds tore down power lines, trees and caused other damage. By nightfall, more than 4,000 people remained without power as winds continued pounding new England all day. The strong winds picked up late Monday night, gusting near 60 mph in some places and creating a sub-zero…

On Thursday, managers of Texas’ power grid are expected to receive a lashing in the first public hearings about the crisis at the state Capitol — where the belief that less government is better is reflected in a part-time Legislature that meets just once every two years, and only for 140 days.