A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye

As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the…

Severe solar storm could stress power grids even more as US deals with major back-to-back hurricanes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a severe geomagnetic storm watch for Thursday into Friday after an outburst from the sun was detected earlier this week. Such a storm could temporarily disrupt power and radio signals. Tap below to read the report from…

‘An early and violent start’: NOAA issues dire hurricane season forecast

In a revised forecast issued Thursday, the federal government still calls for an “extremely active” Atlantic hurricane season, one that could rank among the busiest on record. Tap below to read the report from USA Today.