Time is almost up to catch a flight out of Florida as airlines plan to halt operations Friday

The race to catch a flight out of Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma is grinding to a close. Airports in Florida are closing and airlines are halting operations on Friday as the storm approaches the state. More than 3,100 flights have been cancelled into and out of...

NASA satellites are tracking hurricanes Katia, Irma and Jose and the images are staggering

The government’s preeminent space department leverages its terabytes of data coming from orbiting satellites to help inform and protect people and infrastructure in times of disaster in a program called the NASA Earth Science Disasters Program. It was started 10...