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Hurricane Helene killed at least 22 people and left millions without power across the Southeast before weakening on its way north Friday morning, officials said. Hurricane-felled trees caused two deaths in Anderson County, South Carolina, officials said. Debris left by Hurricane Helene in Cedar Key, Fla., on Friday. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP - Getty ImagesMeanwhile, more than 4.3 million people are experiencing power outages in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks utility data. At 11 a.m., the storm was 30 miles southwest of Bryson City, North Carolina, moving northward with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.

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☆ Helene checklist: How to prepare for the hurricane
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall Thursday night along the Florida Gulf Coast near Tallahassee and then veer north, maintaining hurricane- and tropical storm-force winds and torrential rainfall into North Georgia and up to Tennessee. Up to 18 inches of rain is expected into the Carolinas, the National Weather Service said Thursday. About 40 million Americans are living under direct hurricane or tropical storm warnings across five states, according to CNN Supervising Meteorologist Brandon Miller. But by 2 or 3 a.m., those winds are going to be 50 to 60 miles per hour, potentially, and so you need to prepare for that before you go to sleep,” Miller said. “That’s something people can do: Pick a room in their house that is the most protected from falling debris, and sleep there tonight,” Miller said.

Persons: Helene, Brandon Miller, ” Miller, Miller, It’s Organizations: CNN, Carolinas, National Weather Service Locations: Florida Gulf, Tallahassee, North Georgia, Tennessee

☆ Tropical Storm Helene: Thousands forced to evacuate in Florida as hurricane warnings issued
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-25 | by ( Taylor Ward | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Thousands of Florida residents have been forced to evacuate as the state prepares for rapidly strengthening Tropical Storm Helene, which could bring powerful winds, flooding and life-threatening storm surge to areas already hard-hit by recent hurricanes. The Big Bend area faces the most serious storm surge: up to 15 feet of it is possible. Over in Sanibel, one couple who met during Hurricane Ian in 2022 and nearly lost everything are now going to weather Tropical Storm Helene together, CNN affiliate WINK reported. Large clouds move over Havana due to the proximity of the tropical storm Helene, on September 24. Officials in neighboring Pinellas County warned hundreds of homes would likely flood with a higher storm surge than in past destructive storms.

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☆ Florida braces for potential heavy-hitting hurricane threatening damaging winds and storm surge
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Susannah Cullinane | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

With little time to prepare, Tampa General Hospital began erecting a 10-foot-high flood barrier around the facility Monday because of the chance for storm surge and shifts in the storm’s track. A tropical storm watch was raised Monday afternoon for Florida’s Dry Tortugas and part of the Keys and Monday evening for Bonita Beach to Flamingo, where a storm surge watch is also in effect. Strong, potentially damaging winds and storm surge are likely near where the system ultimately comes ashore. Hurricane and tropical storm watches are already in effect for parts of Mexico and Cuba. The “storm surge, wind, and rainfall impacts will extend well away from the center, particularly to the east of the system.

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☆ Unnamed storm brings a foot of rain to parts of North Carolina, heads north
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The National Hurricane Center calls it Potential Tropical Cyclone 8 and said in forecast updates that the front will weaken as it travels over terrain overnight. Similar volunteer weather stations at other coastal locations, including at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport, reported more than 14 inches of rain, the weather service said. A National Weather Service forecaster said that it was too soon to say whether the amounts were record breakers but that the weather service office in Wilmington is likely to have that answer late Tuesday morning. A flash flood event was confirmed in the community of Kelly, about 38 miles inland from Wilmington, the weather service said. The disturbance was 45 miles west of Cape Fear and traveling north-northwest at 7 mph, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.

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☆ Tropical storm-like system floods North Carolina with historic rain
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Brunswick County Sheriff's OfficeThe Carolina Beach Elementary School was closed and students were dismissed early after classrooms started to flood, Oakley confirmed. Sunny Point, North Carolina, picked up more than a month’s worth of rain when over 9 inches fell in just three hours. CNN WeatherAreas near the North Carolina-South Carolina border – including Wilmington, North Carolina – are under a level 3 of 4 risk of flooding rainfall Monday, according to the Weather Prediction Center. A much larger level 2 of 4 risk area encapsulates most of North Carolina and northern South Carolina. In addition to heavy rain, this system could also produce a few tornadoes in eastern North Carolina Monday.

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☆ Traveling to die: The latest form of medical tourism
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Debwaldman | Kff Health News | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

At that point, she would have had to travel to Switzerland — or live in the District of Columbia or one of the 10 states where medical aid in dying was legal. (Montana effectively allows aid in dying through a 2009 court decision, but that ruling doesn’t spell out rules around residency. In Oregon, 23 out-of-state residents died using medical assistance in 2023, just over 6% of the state total, according to the Oregon Health Authority. She would’ve preferred to travel from her home in Pennsylvania to neighboring New Jersey for medical aid in dying, but it is allowed there only for state residents. Instead she has arranged to die in Vermont, one of two states that explicitly allow medical aid in dying for nonresidents.

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☆ Debby’s aftermath leaves thousands in the dark; threatens more flooding in the Carolinas
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

With the ground already saturated from Debby, the National Weather Service said localized downpours could result in additional flash flooding throughout the coastal Carolinas. “Right now, it’s thundering, sprinkling and pretty dark so I’d say it’s going to start raining hard here pretty soon,” she said. Even in drier areas, more than 35,000 homes and businesses in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont still had no electricity as of Sunday afternoon, according to the tracking website PowerOutage.us. Debby’s last day and night over the U.S. inundated parts of New York, Pennsylvania and New England with rain and flash flooding on Friday, prompting evacuations and rescues. Officials announced plans to distribute water bottles and clean-up kits to residents impacted by flash flooding on Sunday and Monday.

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☆ Debby's floodwaters trigger emergency and disaster declarations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Debby's influence remained strong on Friday, when the National Weather Service warned that rainfall could reach 15 to 25 inches in the Northeast and New England. Major flooding hit Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and neighboring Steuben County, New York. Binghamton, New York, measured 1.94 inches of rain and Avoca, Pennsylvania, saw 1.43 inches, according to the service. More than 362,000 utility customers in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vermont were without power early Friday evening, according to utility tracker PowerOutage.us. Authorities in Berkeley County, South Carolina, said early Friday that 2 to 3 feet of fast-moving water was rushing through streets of Moncks Corner, north of Charleston, prompting multiple rescues.

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☆ Tropical Storm Debby: Storm making its way towards Florida coast is expected to strengthen
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Nouran Salahieh | Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A tropical depression making its way towards the Florida coast is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Debby Saturday before delivering heavy, flooding rainfall and dangerous storm surge to the state starting this weekend. The storm is expected to enter the eastern Gulf of Mexico on Saturday and become Tropical Storm Debby, according to the hurricane center. Tropical storm conditions could begin Saturday night in parts of southwest Florida. Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the Dry Tortugas and the west coast of the Florida peninsula from East Cape Sable to Boca Grande. Parts of the Florida Keys and parts of the Central Florida coast are also under a tropical storm watch, with officials urging residents there to prepare for tropical storm conditions within the next 48 hours.

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☆ Tropical Storm Debby forecast to hit Florida this weekend with torrential rain and wind
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Mary Gilbert | Taylor Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Track the Storm: Spaghetti models and more maps hereIt’s forecast to become a tropical depression by Saturday morning, once it emerges out over the water between Cuba and Florida, and strengthen into Tropical Storm Debby by Saturday evening. Tropical storm watches and warnings have been extended northward in Florida, according to the 5 p.m. The tropical storm warning has been extended along the west coast of the Florida peninsula from Bonita Beach to Boca Grande. Meanwhile, the tropical storm watch has been extended northward from Aripeka to the mouth of the Suwannee River. Parts of the Florida Keys and parts of the Central Florida coast are also under a tropical storm watch, with officials urging residents there to prepare for tropical storm conditions within the next 48 hours.

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☆ 'Nobody wants to talk about it': A market-shifting real-estate trend is hiding in plain sight — and these 5 states will benefit most
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"We've got a real headwind from climate change," Zelman told Business Insider in late July. AdvertisementThe two hottest days in recorded history were earlier this week, according to the Europe-based Copernicus Climate Change Service. Most scientists say that's due to climate change caused by humans, but even if it's a coincidental pattern, the trend of rising temperatures is undeniable. AdvertisementMidwestern cities are destined to overtake the 'Sun Melt'During the "great reshuffling" of the pandemic, warmer states in the Sun Belt region were among the biggest beneficiaries. The widespread advent of remote work allowed millions of people to relocate, and many moved in droves to warmer states in the Southern US.

Persons: —, Zelman, she's, We've, I've, Sylvain Leduc, Daniel Wilson Organizations: Service, Zelman, Associates, Wall, Business, Van Lines, Federal Reserve Bank of San Locations: Europe, Southern, South, Carolinas , Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina , Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Midwest, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Miami, Ohio, Michigan , Illinois , Iowa, Wisconsin, Cleveland

☆ It’s Shark Season. How Worried Should You Be?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Erik Vance | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

California has very few shark attacks — just two recorded in 2023, fewer than New York and the Carolinas. The eastern coast from Virginia to New York doesn’t see many shark attacks, despite having many popular beach towns. Long Island in New York is, roughly speaking, the northern border of the bull and tiger shark ranges. Tiger Shark A 3D illustration of a Tiger Shark. Kentucky managed to rack up 12 shark attacks in 2006 after the aquarium in Newport opened a shark petting exhibit.

Persons: Meg ”, “, —, You've, Read, Long, Louis, Napoleon, manhandling You've, snorkelers, snorkelers ’, Bob, you’re Organizations: Florida Museum, New York Times, America . California Carolinas, Georgia Florida Gulf, Alaska You've, Daytona, Bull Sharks, Tiger Sharks, Sharks, Nurse Sharks Locations: United States, Hawaii, Washington State, America . California, Georgia Florida, Georgia Florida Gulf Coast Hawaii, States New, Pacific Northwest, Alaska, California, New York, Carolinas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, North Carolina, Cape, Volusia County, Gulf, Coast of Texas , Louisiana , Mississippi, Alabama, Texas . Galveston , Texas, Maui, States, Virginia, New England, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Maine, Northwest, Oregon, Washington, Mississippi, of Mexico, Kentucky, Newport, St, Fla

☆ How I went from MBA to CEO in just seven years
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Now, seven years after graduating from business school, I'm the CEO of accounting platform Ascend Together, which is growing by the day. It took lots of long hours and self-reflection, plus the help of private-equity firm Alpine Investors' CEO-in-training program. Here's my story of how I went from MBA to CEO. Alpine CITs Alpine InvestorsI have to give them credit for their imagination, because they placed me in the role anyways. Alpine's CEO and founder Graham Weaver Alpine InvestorsI attribute this so much to Graham Weaver, Alpine's founder and CEO.

Persons: —, David Wurtzbacher, you'll, CITs, We're, That's, Graham Weaver, Graham Organizations: Service, Business, Alpine Investors, JPMorgan Chase, JPMorgan, Harvard, Alpine's CIT, Lightwave, Carolinas, CIT, Alpine, Technology, CPA Locations: Harvard, Alpine, San Francisco, Virginia, Lightwave

☆ How MBAs Are Skipping the Corporate Ladder to Become CEOs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewWhat's the most sought-after job opportunity for graduating students of top business schools like Harvard Business School, Wharton at UPenn, and Stanford's Graduate School of Business? For the 2024 CIT program, which starts this summer, Alpine received 750 applications for just 12 slots, giving it an acceptance rate of 1.6%. Related stories"You're moving from Yale Law School and Harvard Business School to Jackson, Mississippi, to run a plumbing company," Anderman said as an example. Wurtzbacher also got invaluable leadership training from Weaver, a longtime professor at Stanford's Business School and winner of the MBA Distinguished Teaching Award in 2024. The CIT program is so attractive to them because it offers a clear path to doing this by leading a company.

Persons: —, Wharton, David Wurtzbacher, Wurtzbacher, Tal Lee Anderman, Graham Weaver, Weaver, JP, Graham, Anderman, they're, they've Organizations: Service, Harvard Business School, Stanford's Graduate School of Business, McKinsey, Business, Investors, Harvard, Stanford Business School, Green, Partners, CIT, Alpine's CIT, Wharton, Alpine, BI, Yale Law School, Alpine's San, Stanford's Business School, Stanford Locations: UPenn, San Francisco, Stanford, Manhattan, America, Jackson , Mississippi, Alpine's, Alpine's San Francisco, York, Carolinas, Virginia

☆ Inside the highly competitive training program that puts MBAs into a CEO role right after graduation — and is harder to get into than Harvard
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Nicoll | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

☆ A millennial who makes 6 figures says she's looking across the US for a home but is struggling to find one in her budget that has green space and a 'metropolitan vibe'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWhen Madelyn Driver and her husband began house-hunting, they thought they had a few advantages. The 30-year-old makes over $100,000 working in the tech industry, according to a document viewed by BI — and she said her husband also has a six-figure income. Driver is among a group of Americans with six-figure incomes who are having trouble meeting some of their financial goals. Related storiesOf course, for the majority of Americans who don't have a six-figure income — the average annual full-time salary was about $84,000 as of March — affording a home is even more of a challenge. Driver said their ideal location would have a highly educated population, diversity, plenty of green space, and milder weather than the Northeast.

Persons: —, they're, they've, Driver, hasn't, millennials Organizations: Service, BI, Business Locations: Pennsylvania, Colorado, Carolinas, Virginia

☆ Power demand is expected to surge. Play it for the long term with these dividend-paying stocks, Wells Fargo says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A sector of the stock market beloved by income investors could ride the wave of rising energy consumption over the long run, according to Wells Fargo. After 15 years of relatively flat power demand, Wells Fargo sees a compound annual growth rate of 2.6% through 2030 and 80% growth by 2050. The development bodes well for a group of utilities – and Wells Fargo called out some of its overweight-rated plays on the power trend for the long run. Wells called out the 10-year site plan NextEra subsidiary Florida Power & Light submitted to the state's public service commission. The stock's price "[reflects] a level of optimism," Wells Fargo analysts said, but "we think there is a case for further outperformance."

Persons: Neil Kalton, Wells Fargo, Wells, Duke, NextEra, it's Organizations: Duke Energy, Carolinas, Florida Power, Constellation Energy, Constellation, Microsoft, NRG Energy Locations: Wells Fargo, U.S, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Wells

☆ Deadly storms turn northeast with 68 million at risk of severe weather on Memorial Day
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Patrick Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Flash flooding alerts were in place for 9 million people, mostly in Tennessee, Kentucky and southern Indiana. At least 68 million people were under severe weather warnings on Memorial Day, as storms turned toward the Northeast after claiming the lives of at least 19 people and leaving half a million homes and businesses without power across the central United States. Some emergency phones lines had been damaged and were not operational, Kentucky State Police said, according to NBC affiliate WNKY of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Monday's weather warnings come after a torrid night across southern states and in the Great Plains. Weather watchers posted pictures from Missouri and Kentucky showing huge, ominous funnel clouds as well as golf ball-sized hailstones.

Persons: Cindi Watts, Evan Garcia, Mike Morgan, Michelle Grossman, Brian Spurlock Organizations: REUTERS, NBC, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Getty, Kentucky State Police, Tornadoes, NWS, National Weather Service, Lone Star State, West, Associated Press Locations: Temple , Texas, U.S, Colorado, Rand, Denver, Jackson, Tennessee , Kentucky, Indiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, East Coast, Carolinas, Pennsylvania, New York, United States, INDIANAPOLIS, Indianapolis , Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Bowling Green , Kentucky, Great, Texas, Oklahoma, Valley View , Texas, Fort Worth, West , Florida

My condolences go out to the families that lost a loved one during yesterday’s severe weather event,” Gonzalez said. Over 531,000 customers in Harris County remain without power early Saturday following the line of storms, according to PowerOutage.us. “Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms appear possible across portions of the Southeast and Carolinas on Saturday, and parts of the Upper Midwest,” the center said. The greatest chances for severe weather are across parts of Nebraska and Kansas, with a slight level 2 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms issued by the Storm Prediction Center. By the end of the weekend, thunderstorm chances will diminish for most of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, the weather service said.

Persons: Samuel Peña, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Gonzalez, ” Gonzalez, David J, Phillip, –, Houston Mayor John Whitmire, ” Whitmire, Logan Riely Organizations: CNN, Houston Fire, Harris County Sheriff, Authorities, CenterPoint Energy, National Weather Service, Houston Mayor, Carolinas, Storm Prediction Locations: Houston, Southeast, Gulf, Harris County, Cypress , Texas, City, Texas, Louisiana, Houston , Texas, Mexico, Carolinas, Midwest, Plains, Nebraska, Kansas

☆ Ocean scientists shocked by Biden’s budget request that slashes data funding
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Its data is used in everything from hurricane forecasting and fisheries to Coast Guard search and rescue – IOOS data can help the Coast Guard narrow down a search area by two-thirds. Despite President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate goals, his recent budget proposal would slash the program’s funding from $42.5 million to $10 million. Ocean data collection is “the only way we can really understand what is happening,” said Kristen Yarincik, executive director of the IOOS Association, the nonprofit that works with NOAA collecting data. IOOS has added 97 water level stations along the coasts of the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida in the last few years. “At least half of the water level sensor network would be compromised with this funding cut.”

Persons: –, Joe Biden’s, Trump, ”, Gerhard Kuska, ” Kuska, Scott Smullen, Kristen Yarincik, ” Yarincik, “, Ellen Prager, IOOS, “ We’re, Debra Hernandez, Hernandez, ” Hernandez Organizations: CNN, Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Coast Guard, White, Office of Management, NOAA, IOOS Association Locations: megastorms, Carolinas, Georgia, Florida

☆ A 105-year-old man who has been going to Bojangles every week for decades was thrown a surprise party for his birthday by the restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Charlie Lentz has been going to the restaurant in North Carolina for decades, WXII-TV reported. AdvertisementA man in North Carolina who goes to Bojangles every Sunday after church was thrown a surprise party by his local fried chicken spot to celebrate his 105th birthday. Advertisement"This was a big surprise," Lentz, who wore a Bojangles crown at the party, told WXII-TV. "He's very consistent with his order," Spencer told WXII-TV, adding that Lentz's go-to order was its $8 Leg & Thigh two-piece meal, which also comes with two sides and a biscuit. "And a lot of times, before he even gets in the door, the employees have it ready for him," Spencer told the channel.

Persons: Bojangles, Charlie Lentz, Lentz's, —, Charlie, Horace Spencer, " Lentz, Lentz, WXII, Bojangles Lentz, Spencer Organizations: Service, NBC Locations: North Carolina, Winston, Salem, Charlotte, Bojangles, Charlotte , North Carolina, Carolinas

Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. The Lower 48 states averaged 37.6 degrees (3.1 degrees Celsius), which is 5.4 degrees (3 degrees Celsius) above average. But Iowa blew past its warmest February by 2 degrees, while parts of Minnesota were 20 degrees warmer than average for all of February, Gleason said. A strong ridge of high pressure kept the eastern United States warm and dry, while California kept getting hit with atmospheric rivers, she said. Winter weather expert Cohen, who is based outside of Boston, joked that the U.S. no longer has four seasons: "We have two seasons.

Persons: “, El Nino, ”, Jeff Masters, Masters, Karin Gleason, Gleason, Copernicus, Judah Cohen, Cohen, ” Cohen, Theresa Crimmins, weren’t, Crimmins, ” Crimmins, Patrick Whittle, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein Organizations: National Phenology Network, El, Climate, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, National Centers for Environmental, Iowa, El Nino, Associated Press, Atmospheric Environmental Research, National Weather Service, Rutgers Snow Lab Locations: America, Colorado, New Jersey, Texas, Carolinas, U.S, Michigan, United States, Minnesota, Great, California, El, That's, Boston, Europe, Asia, Fort Kent, Maine, Portland , Maine, AP.org

☆ Home sales and prices rose in January as eager homebuyers returned to the market
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

January is usually a sleepier month for home sales, but prices reached a record high for the month. First time homebuyers face steep challengesIn January the share of first-time home buyers dropped to 28%, falling under a healthy market share of 30%. In addition to rising mortgage rates, elevated prices and still stubbornly low inventory levels, first-time homebuyers are facing steep competition from other buyers. Homeowners with ultra low rates are unwilling to sell and buy a home during a time of higher prevailing market rates. And while a drop of rates in December and January boosted sales, rising rates may cool buyer’s interest even as the spring selling season is underway.

Persons: —, ”, Lawrence Yun, Yun Organizations: DC CNN —, National Association of Realtors, NAR, “ Locations: Washington, Boston, Carolinas

☆ A ‘Natural’ Gas Pipeline in the South Will Be Disastrous - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Earlier this month, the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company announced its intention to build the South’s largest gas pipeline in more than a decade. The Union of Concerned Scientists instead uses “methane,” “fossil gas” and “gas” as interchangeable terms for this greenhouse gas which, in its first 20 years of reaching the atmosphere, has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide. The problem with gas is not simply that it’s a fossil fuel or that gas pipelines routinely leak and can explode. And it’s not simply that gas is a human health and environmental nightmare. Perhaps the most damaging problem with gas pipelines is that they permit the construction of new gas-fired power plants that will be in service for decades.

Organizations: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, Carolinas, of, Environmental Defense Fund Locations: Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, American, Southern

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