Ever heard of the Waffle House Index? Here's how a diner chain is used to assess the severity of natural disasters.

Hurricane hunters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) took a very turbulent flight into the heart of deadly Hurricane Matthew.

Hurricane Matthew spared Florida's most heavily populated stretch from a catastrophic blow Friday but threatened some of the South's most historic and picturesque cities with ruinous flooding and wind damage as it pushed its way up the coastline.