GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — When severe weather hits it often times will cause damage to vital infrastructure such as the power grid or water supply. Often times, people turn to generators to restore power ...

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Don’t ever do that.” Consumer Reports issues warning about aging backup generators: 'It's easy to overlook the basic safety ...

During the fall and winter, windstorms can knock out power for thousands of people in the Puget Sound area for hours and sometimes days. Do you know how to use a generator? According to the Red Cross, ...

Every time a major storm knocks out power, the same dangerous myth resurfaces: that you can safely run a generator in the ...

Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, electric vehicles and climate change. He's also the author of the nonfiction book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for ...

FIRST AT FOUR. TRAGEDY IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE MILTON, AFTER A MAN AND WOMAN ARE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M NANCY ALVAREZ. I’M JESSE PAGAN. POLICE BELIEVE THEY DIED FROM CARBON ...