The satellite in question is called the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder, or SSMIS. According to NOAA, the data from ...

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a ...

Hurricane Helene lasted only a few days in September 2024, but it altered the landscape of the Southeastern U.S. in ways that will affect the hazards residents face far into the future.

In Kerr County, which has been the most impacted, at least 43 people are dead and 27 children remain missing tonight after ...

Late on July 3 into early July 4, a dying complex of thunderstorms was re-energized by the extremely humid, tropical air over the Hill Country of Texas. The result we know - a catastrophic series of ...

Home insurance non-renewal rates are increasing fastest in Florida, Louisiana, and Hawaii, where premium costs are also ...

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to ...

Hurricane experts have already raised alarms about the effect the Trump administration's slashing of science budgets could ...

The Defense Department will still maintain the satellite program will cease sharing the imagery with NOAA and NASA.

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid intensification. But a main source of those data is being abruptly ...

The loss of access to the data could hamstring forecasters’ ability to track hurricanes and warn residents of their risk.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes ...