The storms brought powerful winds, heavy rain and scattered damage across Montgomery County and neighboring areas.

Rotors thudded over frozen fields as a helicopter crew in the American South inched along a crippled transmission corridor, a lineman suspended in the slipstream to inspect ice-caked power lines that ...

Power outages are increasing as the grid ages and climate change drives more frequent severe weather. Burying power lines underground can be more reliable – but also much more expensive.