A U.S. Senate subcommittee has held a hearing to question the growing use of airline fees to charge passengers for things like early boarding and better seats.

Australia’s most powerful tropical cyclone in eight years has lashed the sparsely populated northwest coast with winds gusting to an apparent record of 180 miles per hour.

Meteorologists say Tropical Cyclone Ilsa is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit Australia in eight years, bringing wind gusts of up to 196 miles per hour as it crosses the northwest coast.