Millions of homes across the U.S. face risk of damage from hurricane-force winds and storm-surge flooding this year.

Hurricane season has begun in the Atlantic and disasters or severe weather conditions can disrupt blood drives and impact growing blood supply.

The US Energy Information Administration or EIA stated in a latest update on Friday that crude oil production in the Federal Offshore Gulf of America (GOA) will average 1.80 million barrels per day (b ...