U.S. natural gas futures jumped to their biggest gain of the new year, as strong weather-driven demand is now seen extending well beyond mid-January. Freezing weather and snow storms across the U.S. could cause massive power outages and boost natural gas demand to its highest levels of the winter,

The winter storm that has dumped snow across swaths of the country and disrupted travel hit the natural-gas markets Monday, lifting futures prices. Natural-gas futures for Febr

The US is bracing for a surge in natural gas demand as freezing weather and snowstorms threaten to cause widespread power outages, reported Reuters, citing energy analysts and reliability coordinators.