The Hurricane Hunters began in 1947 when an Army Air Corps pilot flew through the eye of a hurricane on a dare and realized it could be a useful way of measuring storms. The crews have evolved since then to become an essential part of how the U.S. tracks and analyzes hurricanes .

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On September 14, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes the first American-born Catholic saint when she is canonized by Pope Paul VI at the Vatican in Rome. Seton was born in New York City in 1774, and as the daughter of an Episcopalian physician, she devoted much of her time to charity and working with the poor. She founded the Society for the Relief of Poor Widows with Small Children in New York. While traveling in Italy with her husband, William Seton, she became more familiar with Catholicism. She converted in 1808 after being widowed with five children.

Almost 1 in 5 Americans aged 65 and older are still working or looking for work, according to the AARP, a nonprofit organization that advocates for older Americans. But while two-thirds of senior citizens say they plan to work well into their retirement years like Marty Harwell is doing, only about 20 percent actually do .

When a hurricane comes ashore , few images are more iconic than a million-dollar beach house collapsing into the sea. So why do people keep building on the beach?

VIDEO: Thomas Kunicki, a volunteer at the Red Cross shelter for Hurricane Florence evacuees at the Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, describes the capacity of the shelter and the services offered there free of charge to people seeking refuge from Hurricane Florence .

United Nations Envoy to Somalia Michael Keating says lack of trust among Somali leaders is complicating progress on the political and security fronts, and says the country’s federal and regional leaders need to compromise .