CHICAGO — Over 6,200 ComEd customers are in the dark on Tuesday night as intense storms sweep across Chicagoland. According to the ComEd outage map, as of 9:53 p.m., there are 108 active outages within the service area, meaning just over 4,600 customers are without power. ComEd currently serves about 4,084,000 customers. It is unclear when […]
As climate change is causing more intense storms, a new study is suggesting that the five-scale system by which the potential damage caused by hurricanes is gauged should be revised to include a sixth category.
Stronger and more destructive hurricanes fueled by climate change may require a rethinking of how storms are classified, according to a new study that suggests adding a Category 6 for ranking them to better convey damaging wind speeds.