Month: February 2019

The nation’s largest utility is promising to overhaul its wildfire-prevention measures in response to growing legal, financial and public pressure over its role in starting some of the most destructive blazes in California history. In a regulatory filing Wednesday, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. proposes building new weather stations, fireproofing more miles of electrical wires and shutting off power to more customers more often when wildfire danger is highest. The embattled utility also vows to…

Curtis McElhinney stopped 23 shots, Brett Pesce and Jordan Martinook scored from way out and Michael Ferland and Andrei Svechnikov poured it on late as the Carolina Hurricanes began a pivotal five-game trip with a 4-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. McElhinney collected his first shutout of the season and ninth of his 11-year career by stuffing Jared McCann and Jake Guentzel with sprawling saves in the first period and never letting…

The state set up a special medical shelter in an old building during Hurricane Florence in a section of Goldsboro at risk for flooding, a new report says. In Winston-Salem, people who were unable to climb stairs were marooned on the first floor of the Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, separated by steep stairs from the only bathrooms open to evacuees, according to the report released Tuesday by Disability Rights North Carolina. The service elevator at…

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — Taking the ice for the first time is challenging, no matter your age. “Hockey is not the easiest thing to do,” said Carolina Hurricanes forward Jordal Staal. “Skating in general for any person is hard. “ “I wish he could actually hear me because I’m sitting there going yes, yes, I can’t believe you’re actually doing this,” said Allison Morgan, the mother of one of the athletes. These young hockey players…

Australia’s prime minister has toured the flood-stricken city of Townsville where two men have been reported missing. While floodwater receded in Townsville on Tuesday, overnight monsoonal rain caused flash-flooding in communities to the north where authorities have warned residents to move to higher ground. And police are still searching for two men who were last seen on Monday morning near floodwaters. Authorities have warned Townsville residents not to swim in flood waters, in which crocodiles…

The Latest on Wildfire victims ordered to leave damaged property (all times local): 5:42 p.m. A Northern California county hard-hit by wildfire ordered residents living in temporary shelters on burned out lots to leave their property. The Butte County supervisors voted 4-1 on Monday to repeal a December law permitting residents who lost homes to wildfire to live in recreational vehicles and other temporary shelters on their property while awaiting cleanup and rebuilding. Digital Access…