Sep 27 Watch 6:39 Hurricane Ian grows stronger as it nears landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast By William Brangham, Tommy Walters Hurricane Ian is bulking up again and bearing down on Florida’s west coast. It could bring 130 mph winds, 18 inches of rain and a 12-foot storm surge. Acting National Director of the National Hurricane Center Jamie Rhome joined Judy… Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch 5:26 Tampa mayor on evacuations, storm preparations ahead of Hurricane Ian By William Brangham The city of Tampa is getting ready for Hurricane Ian. Evacuations have been ordered in flood-prone areas as officials warn about a significant storm surge threat. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined William Brangham to discuss her city's storm preparations. Continue watching
Sep 27 3 reasons why Hurricane Ian could cause major flooding in Florida By Athena Masson, The Conversation Much of the state is at risk of heavy rainfall, and the coast could see devastating storm surge, particularly around Tampa Bay. Continue reading
Sep 26 NASA Dart spacecraft rams into an asteroid in defense test By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Scientists say the impact should have carved out a crater and hurled streams of rocks and dirt into space. Most importantly, though, scientists are hoping the collision altered the asteroid's orbit. Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 2:14 Hurricane Ian bears down on Cuba with landfall in Florida expected later this week By Stephanie Sy, Tommy Walters Hurricane Ian is on a collision course with Cuba and will threaten Florida after that. The storm is growing rapidly and could become a Category 4 with winds of 140 miles an hour before it reaches the U.S. mainland this… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 4:36 News Wrap: Military-age men fleeing Russia over call-ups, Putin grants Snowden citizenship In our news wrap Monday, new protests flared in Russia over military call-ups for the war in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin granted Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, Iran attacked Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq and accused them of instigating protests across… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 11:38 NASA crashes spacecraft into asteroid in attempt to knock it off course By Miles O'Brien, William Brangham, Courtney Norris NASA is trying an experiment to answer a question that’s straight out of science fiction. What could we do if a large object was hurtling through space on a collision course with Earth? Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien joined William Brangham… Continue watching
Sep 26 WATCH: NASA’s DART spacecraft crashes into an asteroid to test defense system By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, The Conversation Crashing the 1,340-pound DART probe into the small moonlet orbiting the asteroid Didymos should redirect its trajectory – and could be a model for how to save Earth in the future. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 5:31 Big Oil pledged to fight climate change, but do their actions line up? By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson To prevent catastrophic global warming, international groups say there should be no new investment in fossil fuel projects. The world's biggest energy companies support those goals publicly, but their spending and lobbying suggest they have no plans to slow down… Continue watching
Sep 24 NASA delays next Artemis 1 launch attempt due to potential hurricane By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA is skipping next week’s launch attempt of its new moon rocket because of a tropical storm that’s expected to become a major hurricane. Continue reading