Twitter users pleaded for information about the fate of the island and its residents in the wake of the storm.
The Category 5 storm brought 185 mph winds to the Caribbean island Wednesday morning.
Irma could brings winds up to 185 miles per hour.
The Category 5 hurricane could bring potentially catastrophic winds if it makes landfall in the United States.
An American Airlines flight to Seattle was forced to return to Miami after the plane was struck by lightning.
Terrifying video shows a passenger plane flying past three tornado formations over Sochi, Russia.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said there had been more than 500 reports of price gouging in the wake of the storm.
Storm surge is expected to cause much of the damage from Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Louisiana.
Hurricane Harvey is expected to drop feet of rain on Texas and cause significant damage.
Several United Airlines passengers reportedly had a harrowing time Tuesday when they got a tornado warning from their pilot instead of a welcome message.
Harvey, a tropical storm that might become a hurricane is threatening Texas, track the storm using these apps.
"I was on this cruise and have never been so scared in all my life," one passenger wrote.
The autonomous Global Hawk craft is used to collect data during storms.
Hurricane season started today and will go for the next six months, during which time scientists are forecasting months of heavy storm activity.
The capital city of Russia was hit by a severe thunderstorm Monday with more than a dozen reportedly killed and over 100 people hospitalized, health officials said.
NOAA has release it's hurricane prediction report for the 2017 storm season.
The tornado that ravaged Joplin, Missouri, was the deadliest in the last seven decades, and one of the most deadly in U.S. history.
Humans affected space weather, in a way usually reserved for the sun when the U.S. and the Soviet Union exploded nuclear bombs in the atmosphere during the Cold War.
Danny Ringer, an official with the Elk City department said about 40 homes were destroyed and more than 50 were severely damaged.
The atmosphere on Mars evolved over time, and during that period of climate change, rain probably fell hard enough in storms that carved out the surface and eroded craters.
Earth isn’t the only planet in our solar systems that has storms. Clouds gather and lightning crashes throughout our neighborhood.
Some birds are migrating right into the path of hurricanes, and climate change may make that happen more often.