Brian K. Sullivan

Brian K. Sullivan

  • A 2003 Ford Mustang hangs off a seawall behind a house in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Oct. 26, 2022. The car was carried away in Hurricane Ian s storm surge a month earlier. (Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Environment

    Hurricane forming near Florida has ‘risk of rapid intensification’ as emergency declared in more than 30 counties

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg
  • LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 20: Residents rush to pack sandbags in front of their garage as tropical storm Hilary approaches on August 20, 2023 in Long Beach, California. Southern California is under a first-ever tropical storm warning as Hilary approaches with parts of California, Arizona, and Nevada preparing for flooding and heavy rains. All California state beaches have been closed in San Diego and Orange counties in preparation for the impacts of the storm which was downgraded from hurricane status. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Environment

    California braces for ‘life-threatening flooding’ and up to $2 billion in damage and loss from Tropical Storm Hilary

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg
  • NEW YORK, US – JUNE 6: A view of orange haze illuminated the skies across the East on Tuesday morning as wildfire smoke from Canada spread across the East in New York, United States on June 6, 2023. Air quality alerts have been issued for a large swath of the Northeast. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Environment

    Canadian wildfires are bringing smoke-filled air and a hazy orange glow to the skies above New York City

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg
  • LIVERMORE, CA – MARCH 22: Eastbound Interstate 580 near North Flynn Road in Livermore, Calif., Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A section of the highway cracked and a retaining wall tumbled down a rain-soaked hill. (Santiago Mejia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)Environment

    California fears even worse fire season as ‘superblooms’ from historic wet winter become kindling

    By David R. Baker, Brian K. Sullivan, and others
  • An electricity sub station pylon stands next to a home on October 11, 2022 in Burton On Trent, England.

    Abnormally high temperatures this winter could help Europe dodge Putin’s gas crunch

    By Brian K. Sullivan, Jonathan Tirone, and others
  • The eye of a hurricane.Environment

    A small shift in Tropical Storm Ian could mean a $30B disaster for Tampa

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg
  • Gavin NewsomEnvironment

    California declares power grid emergency amid Labor Day heat wave with temperatures above 110 degrees baking much of the golden state

    By Brian K. Sullivan, Joe Ryan, and others
  • People walk past the Joy Theatre in New Orleans, Louisiana, on August 30, 2021 after Hurricane Ida made landfall. – Powerful Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana, leaving at least one dead and knocking out power for more than a million people, including the whole of New Orleans. Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4 storm on August 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, but had weakened to a tropical storm early August 30, 2021.The storm knocked out power for all of New Orleans, with more than a million customers across Louisiana without power, according to outage tracker PowerOutage.US. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

    Gas prices rise and parts of Mississippi River reverse course as Hurricane Ida slams New Orleans

    By Brian K. Sullivan, Sergio Chapa, and others
  • Dennis 09/07/19 FOR CAPE PROJECT ONLY- Hurricane Dorian gave a glancing blow to Cape Cod, as high tide in the early morning brought sand washover to Dr. Botello Road (rear) from Chapin Memorial Beach. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)Environment

    Hurricane Henri expected to hit parts of the Northeast starting Sunday

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg
  • Smoke rises into the sky behind Sterling Vineyards along Silverado Trail during the Glass Fire in Napa County, California, U.S., on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2020. Firefighters were battling multiple rapid growing wildfires sparked during a red flag warning Sunday that burned structures and prompted evacuations.Lifestyle

    Wildfire ripping through California wine country expands as thousands flee

    By Mark Chediak, Brian K. Sullivan, and others
  • Workers cover windows with plywood at a gas station ahead of Hurricane Laura in Galveston, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Hurricane Laura barreled into the Louisiana coast near Texas as a Category 4 storm, packing a devastating sea surge of water and powerful winds. Wire photography: Go Nakamura—Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEnvironment

    Hurricane Laura is expected to join these devastating storms as the most destructive ever

    By Christopher Martin, Brian K. Sullivan, and others
  • A vehicle travels on an empty road near the Motiva Enterprises LLC Refinery ahead of Hurricane Laura in Port Arthur, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Hurricane Laura is poised to become a roof-ripping Category 3 storm when it comes ashore along the Texas-Louisiana coast, threatening to inflict as much as $12 billion of damage on the region and potentially shutting 12% of U.S. refining capacity for months.

    Hurricane Laura is strengthening to a Category 4 storm, threatening billions of dollars in damage to Gulf Coast energy hub

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg

  • Hurricane Hanna makes landfall on South Padre Island as it rakes Texas coast with high winds

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg
  • Hurricane Dorian bears down on Florida.

    Hurricane Dorian Bears Down on Eastern Seaboard After Inflicting ‘Historic Tragedy’ on the Bahamas

    By Brian K. Sullivan and Bloomberg

  • Hurricane Dorian Update: Headed to Florida as a Category 4 Storm

    By Brian K. Sullivan, Will Wade, and others