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Hurricane Dorian begins lashing US east coast, strengthens to Category 3 storm; at least 20 dead so far
•NHC said Dorian was packing maximum sustained winds of 185 kilometers per hour, making it a Category 3 storm on five-level Saffir-Simpson scale.
Meet Aarohi Pandit and Keithair Misquitta, the first women in the world to fly a Light Sport Aircraft from India to Greenland
Aishwaryasahasrabudhe •Pandit and Misquitta are the first civilian women pilots to circumnavigate the globe and have flown to 17 countries with 27 stops over a span of 51 days
Florida braces for Hurricane Michael as it strengthens to Category 4 storm; Donald Trump declares state emergency
•The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Michael is expected to slam ashore later in the day along the Florida Panhandle
Warmer Atlantic waters could cause an alarming rise in hurricanes each year: Study
•The count may go up to five to eight major hurricanes a year around the year 2100.
Allergies, polar bears and glaciers: 10 instances of climate change in action
•You don't just feel the heat of global warming, you can see it in action all around.
Donald Trump's first State of the Union speech: Superb stagecraft can't hide uninspiring content and inward-looking vision
Tara Kartha •President Donald Trump’s first “State of the Union” address had something strangely familiar in its presentation.
'Don't take him seriously': Donald Trump's State of Union address inauthentic, underwhelming decrees global media
Fp Staff •Donald Trump's State of the Union address – an annual speech seen as a blueprint for the year to come for the US – drew sharp reactions from global media.
Argentina Navy confirms sound near lost submarine's last known position was explosion; hopes of crew's survival dashed
•Argentina's navy confirmed Thursday that an unusual noise heard in the Atlantic near the last known position of a missing submarine appeared to be an explosion.
Hurricane Irma weakens to Category 4 storm after making landfall in Cuba while heading for Florida
•Hurricane Irma weakened slightly to a Category 4 storm on early Saturday, according to the US National Hurricane Center, after making landfall hours earlier in Cuba
US officials say Hurricane Irma formed in Atlantic, likely to become major by Thursday night
•Hurricane Irma has formed in the eastern Atlantic as a Category Two storm, just days after the first major hurricane of the season, Harvey over Texas.