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Hurricane Dorian, seen in this satellite view on Sept. 3, 2019, along with two other brewing storms.

Hurricane Dorian Intensifies Again, Headed Toward Carolinas

By Jeanna Bryner published

Hurricane Dorian has strengthened to a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds reaching 115 mph (185 km/h), and it's barreling up the U.S. East Coast.

An image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s GOES-West satellite shows three tropical storms near North America at 1:20 pm EST Sept 3, 2019. From left to right: Hurricane Juliette, a Category 3 storm, is not expected to impact land; Tropical Storm Fernand is expected to landfall in Mexico; Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 2 after its devastation of the northwest Bahamas, has grown in area and is making its way toward Florida.

Another Tropical Storm Could Hit Parts of Mexico and Texas This Week

By Rafi Letzter published

A second, smaller tropical storm may make landfall in North America this week.

Astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency captured this photo of the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as the storm moved across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Bahamas.

Monster Storm Dorian Slows to a Crawl Over the Bahamas

By Tia Ghose published

It's barely budged over the last several hours and is dumping huge amounts of rainfall on the island of Grand Bahama.

hurricane dorian weather satellite infrared reveals it as a category 5 storm on sept. 1

Hurricane Dorian a Catastrophic Category 5 Storm. And It's Getting Stronger.

By Tariq Malik published

Hurricane Dorian is now a "catastrophic Category 5" storm as it approaches the Bahamas in the Caribbean, according to a National Hurricane Center update.

hurricane dorian from space

Astronaut in Space Stares Into the Eye of Hurricane Dorian, a Category 4 Storm

By Tariq Malik published

Hurricane Dorian is now a Category 4 storm. See views of its eye from space by astronauts and satellites.

Hurricane Dorian satellite image taken Aug. 30, 2019.

Hurricane Dorian Is Now a Major Category 4 Storm

By Tia Ghose published

The monster storm has been getting stronger, but its predicted track moves it a hair away from South Florida.

Hurricane Dorian is seen from space passing over the Atlantic.

'Extremely Dangerous' Dorian Is Now a Category 3 Storm

By Rafi Letzter published

It's time to start preparing, if you haven't already.

Hurricane Dorian is expected to strengthen as it approaches the northwestern Bahamas.

Hurricane Dorian Is Getting Stronger As It Heads Toward Florida

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Hurricane Dorian becomes stronger as it makes its way up the Atlantic toward the Bahamas, according to the latest forecast.

Tropical storm Dorian as seen on the morning of Aug. 26 overlaid on nightlights from several islands including Barbados and St. Lucia. Tropical storm Dorian turned into a hurricane on the afternoon of Aug. 28 near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Forecast: Dorian Will Slam into Florida As a 'Major' Category 4 Hurricane

By Rafi Letzter published

Hurricane Dorian will likely hit Florida Sunday (Sept. 1) as a Category 4 hurricane, according to the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES East satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Irma at 10:37 a.m. EDT on Sept. 9, 2017 when it was a Category 4 storm.

Nuking a Hurricane Would Probably Just Create a Slightly Bigger, Radioactive Hurricane

By Rafi Letzter published

Has Trump been reading old Live Science articles about nuking hurricanes? And if not, should he be?

A woman sat in the Trocadero Fountain near the Eiffel Tower in Paris as temperatures in the city reached a record 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 Celcius) on June 28.

Today's Climate Change Is Worse Than Anything Earth Has Experienced in the Past 2,000 Years

By Rafi Letzter published

The global climate is changing more now than at any point in the plast 2,000 years. The Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period were nothing like this.

A NASA photo shows James Reilly, now the Trump-appointed director of the U.S. Geological Survey, aboard the space shuttle Atlantis in 2001. Reilly promised not to let political influences jeapordize science during his confirmation hearing in 2018.

It Sure Seems Like the Trump Administration Is Suppressing Reports of Climate Change at USGS

By Rafi Letzter published

Trump administration officials are removing references to climate change from U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) press releases, according to a ClimateWire report.

A storm caused extreme flooding in parts of Washington, D.C., including in East Potomac Park where you could dangle your feet in the water while sitting on a park bench, on July 8, 2019.

The Science Behind Washington's Scary 'Flash Flood Emergency'

By Rafi Letzter published

One critical factor turned the heavy rainfall in Virginia and Washington D.C. into a flash flood emergency.

Violent Tornadoes and Flooding Are Expected in Oklahoma and Texas Tonight

By Rafi Letzter published

Oklahoma, northwest Texas and the Texas panhandle are bracing for a day of extreme weather, including dangerous tornadoes, flooding and thunderstorms.

Atmospheric river over Los Angeles.

What Is an Atmospheric River?

By Greg Uyeno published

Atmospheric rivers are named as the cause of lots of extreme weather, especially in the western United States. Where do these rivers in the sky come from?

Homes are inundated by floodwater from the Pecatonica River on March 18, 2019, in Freeport, Illinois.

What's Behind the Massive Midwestern Floods: 2 Giant Waves of Water

By Rafi Letzter published

Here's why vast swaths of Nebraska, Missouri, and other Midwestern states are drowning.

Space Orbiter Spots 'Hairy Blue Spider' on Mars

By Mindy Weisberger last updated

Bowie was right; there really is a "spider" from Mars.

"Atmospheric rivers" bring plumes of moisture from the tropics to the Western U.S. Above, a visualization of an atmospheric river event from 2018.

Why This 'Atmospheric River' Could Cause Mudslides and 'Roofalanches' in California

By Rachael Rettner published

A massive "atmospheric river" is dumping huge amounts of rainfall on Northern California.

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Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye View

By Meghan Bartels published

Americans across the Midwest and Northeast can agree on one thing — it's really, really cold this week — and a NASA satellite monitoring air temperatures confirms the sentiment.

A map from NASA's Earth Observatory shows the southward spread of cold air from the arctic on Jan. 29.

Here's Why the Polar Vortex Always Hits the Midwest

By Rafi Letzter published

The middle of the country is basically a big cold-air funnel.