extreme weather

The basement is all that was left of this home gutted by a tornado in Greensburg, Kansas in 2007.

Basements are safer during tornadoes. Indiana is building fewer of them over time

Rebecca Thiele

Experts say the safest part of a home during a tornado is a basement. But plenty of Indiana residents don’t have one and not as many new homes are being built with basements.

Storm damage from the June 2023 wind storm.

Indiana utilities outline outages, responses to major storms earlier this summer

Casey Smith, Indiana Capital Chronicle

Thousands of Hoosier customers lost power during the week of heavy storms, prompting frustration.

Duke Energy reported more than 150 power lines and 200 poles came down as a result of the storms. AES Indiana said, among other things, it had to replace 53 poles and repair 39 transformers. (Clayton Baumgarth/WTIU)

Long power outages raise questions about infrastructure resilience in Indiana

Rebecca Thiele

Duke Energy and AES Indiana said they did their best to restore power, but a consumer advocacy group said the utilities could have done more.

Extreme weather, poor air quality put Hoosiers at risk

Nathan Moore

Join us this Friday as we will talk with experts about the recent weather effects and air quality in Indiana.

Experts say fossil fuel emissions have increased the amount of severe storms and overheating in the Midwest.

Severe storms, overheating among top environmental problems facing Indiana

Nathan Moore

Experts say fossil fuel emissions have increased the amount of severe storms and overheating in the Midwest.