Stand-alone batteries are time ... benefit is only there during the power outage,” Smith said. Rooftop solar and storage ...

If your wireless home security system connects via Wi-Fi alone, we have some bad news: It won’t work without electricity. A power outage really will leave you and your home vulnerable.

This particular model boasts nearly 13,000 applauding reviews on Amazon alone, naming it ... provides the automatic backup power needed to power a home during an outage,” McCoy says.

According to an updating map from Duke Energy, more than 73,000 customers in Bumcombe County alone were without power as of 9:30 ... residents as of 2020, is home to hard-hit Asheville and several ...

Many residents of the Carolinas still lacked running water, cellphone service and electricity Wednesday as rescuers searched ...

More than a week after storms from Hurricane Helene ripped through the Southeast, hard-hit Western North Carolina is still ...