Extreme weather is taxing utilities more often. Can AI help?

Curtis Drafton, who heads a volunteer search and rescue organisation, surveys downed trees and power lines in Waukeenah, Florida, on Friday morning, Sept 27, 2024. From hurricanes to wildfires, a new generation of technologies could help utilities better plan for the risk of extreme weather to their electric grid. — The New York Times

More than four million people were without power Friday morning (Sept 27) after the enormous ring of wind and rain known as Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and moved north.

It is the latest storm to show utility companies’ increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events that are becoming more common and more intense under climate change.