The scale has been in use for decades and gives an idea about what kind of wind damage a hurricane can produce, but it says nothing about impacts from storm surge, flooding rain and tornadoes.

The advisory was active for Lake Tahoe. "Winds will continue to subside through the evening. Therefore the Lake Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire at 8 p.m.," according to the NWS Reno NV.

Denmark, a global leader in wind power, spent five months licking its wounds after a failed auction for offshore turbines delivered a blow to expand even further.

VIENTIANE: Laos is on track to launch its first wind farm – and the largest in South-East Asia – by the end of this year, with all 133 turbines for the project now fully installed.

Vietnam's state power utility has cut previously agreed subsidised prices it pays for electricity from some solar and wind farms which now risk defaulting on their debts with banks, according to an investors' petition seen by Reuters.

On Thursday at 2:02 p.m. a wind advisory was released by the NWS San Diego CA valid from Friday 5 p.m. until Saturday 3 a.m. for San Gorgonio Pass Near Banning.

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Jacksonville at 2:06 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21. Thunderstorms that could pack high winds, large hail, flash flooding and a few tornadoes will extend from parts of Texas through Nebraska.

Swedish automotive battery maker Northvolt, which declared bankruptcy in March, plans to wind down its remaining battery cell production in the Nordic country by the end of June, its trustee said on Thursday.