ABC News(MIAMI) — As Florida and parts of the southern East Coast prepare for the eventual landfall of Hurricane Irma, the storm has already made an impact in the Caribbean. The hurricane, which experts believe is the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade, is Read More
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(MIAMI) — Up to 400,000 people in Miami-Dade could be ordered to evacuate Thursday as Hurricane Irma barrels toward Florida, the mayor told ABC News. “This is a hurricane that I’ve never seen before, so we are preparing Read More
ABC News(MIAMI) — As Hurricane Irma moves over the Caribbean and takes aim at Florida, Gov. Rick Scott warned that the “massive storm” could be more treacherous than Hurricane Andrew, which devastated the Sunshine State 25 years ago. “I want Read More
ABC News(EAST CHICAGO, Ind.) — The FBI is investigating after an explosion at a post office in East Chicago, Indiana, injured a postal worker on Wednesday. East Chicago Acting Fire Chief Francisco Mendez told ABC affiliate WLS-TV that an explosive device went off at Read More
stefanofiorentino/iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — Hurricane Irma lashed the Caribbean on Wednesday, causing at least three deaths, while farther north in the U.S., Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are facing states of emergency as residents brace for Read More
welcomia/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The North American and European energy sectors are being targeted by a “new wave” of cyber attacks by the group known as known as Dragonfly, according to a research report released Wednesday by cyber security firm Read More
Harvepino/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Three hurricanes are currently churning in the Atlantic Ocean, and they’re all moving west. Hurricane Irma — a Category 5 storm — poses the most imminent threat as it bears down on the Caribbean with maximum Read More
Sun Sentinel/Getty Images(MIAMI) — Hurricane Andrew — the monster storm that hit South Miami in August, 1992 — showed just how shoddily many homes in the area were built at the time to accommodate a booming population in the decades before. The Category Read More
behindlens/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Imagine trying to stand upright on the roof of a car going 74 mph down a highway. That’s how it would feel just trying to stay standing amid Category 1 hurricane-force winds, the lowest rank on the Saffir-Simpson Read More
Meinzah/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Former Port Authority Intelligence Unit Det. Matthew Besheer says he predicted a decade before the 9/11 terror attacks that the World Trade Center would be a terrorist target. “In 1991 leading into 1992, I was asked by the Read More
