This is what one of the strongest hurricanes ever looks like from the International Space Station

Another video, below, is an animated compilation of images taken by NOAA’s GOES East satellite. It shows Irma moving west across the Atlantic, starting Sunday, and hitting the island of St. Martin on Wednesday. Irma is being pushed to the north by a subtropical...

Harvey has ‘paralyzed’ a critical part of US manufacturing supply chain

Many of the plastics and specialty chemicals that factories across the United States depend on are stuck on the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, threatening to create supply shortages and raise prices for U.S. manufacturers. The U.S. Gulf Coast is home to...