hurricanes

These vessels sank on St. John, US Virgin Islands, during Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Maria could bring 20 inches of rain to the US and British Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, leading to flooding and mudslides. And Guadaloupe, a key staging ground for post-

Hurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean

Hurricane Maria strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Monday as it bore down on Caribbean islands still recovering from megastorm Irma.

Hurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean
Two days after Hurricane Irma, an elderly resident stand in a dark hallway at Cypress Run, an assisted living facility without power, food, or water, in Immokalee, Florida, U.S., September 12, 2017.

How to avoid blackouts in hurricanes? Model power grids after the internet, says one expert.

How to avoid blackouts in hurricanes? Model power grids after the internet, says one expert.
hurricane approaching land

Is climate change making hurricanes worse?

Is climate change making hurricanes worse?
Houston water channel refineries

Houston is vulnerable to catastrophic hurricane damage

Houston is vulnerable to catastrophic hurricane damage
Men salvage metal sheets from a destroyed house after Hurricane Matthew ravaged Jeremie, Haiti.

Almost 1 million Haitians are in 'urgent need of humanitarian assistance' after Hurricane Matthew

Almost 1 million Haitians are in 'urgent need of humanitarian assistance' after Hurricane Matthew

America may find itself without a friend in the world

Our knowledge of the reaches of the NSA spying program keeps getting greater and greater — perhaps to the detriment of our foreign policy. Meanwhile, UK police say they've found a gun created by a 3D printer, but have they? Today's Global Scan.

America may find itself without a friend in the world

For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish

A pair of researchers in Florida developed a startling hypothesis over a round of golf: Tracking fish could tell us more about meteorological patterns around the world. Two years later, that hypothesis is bearing out, with great impacts for science.

For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish