The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back ...

As Hurricane Melissa neared the Jamaican coast, winds in the spiraling wall of clouds around its eye gusted to almost ...

The federal government’s hurricane hunters have continued to fly despite the shutdown. At least two missions — one operated ...

Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their reconnaissance mission into the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning, ...

Hurricane Melissa has been an extraordinary storm, even among the many massive, fast-growing, devastating cyclones that have ...

Kermit is one of two WP-3D Orion turboprop airplanes that NOAA operates, often alongside the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather ...

Hurricane Melissa's deadly spin is visible from space. Satellite footage caught the hurricane in rotation on Tuesday (Oct. 28 ...

On October 27, as Hurricane Melissa reached Category 5 strength over the Caribbean, a research aircraft operated by the ...

Hurricane Melissa was no longer on tracking maps by early Nov. 1, the first day of the final month of hurricane season.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of historic ferocity — to gather life-saving data. But the ...

A U.S. Air Force WC-130J Weatherbird from the 53rd WRS, as well as NOAA aircraft, have had to abandon planned missions early due to the strength of Hurricane Melissa. Weather reconnaissance aircraft ...

By November, tropical activity is typically on the decline. But that doesn’t mean Florida’s in the clear just yet.