What it was like to fly into Hurricane Melissa’s eye

I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above.

Colorado-built drone probes Category 5 hurricane

A drone from Boulder-based Black Swift Technologies become the first to measure the full evolution of a tropical cyclone with ...
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Matthew Cappucci: A 10-mile wide stadium of the gods – what it was like to fly into Hurricane Melissa’s eye

On Sunday night, I flew through Hurricane Melissa’s eye – a once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into meteorology that most will never have. It was humbling, mesmerising and, surprisingly, poignant – equal ...

Hurricane Hunters Found Something in Melissa’s Eye: Trapped Birds

The news “underscores the profound ecological toll that Hurricane Melissa will have on Jamaica’s biodiversity,” said one ...

On board with the ‘Hurricane Hunters’ flying into the eye of a 185mph storm

Incredible footage from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s "Hurricane Hunters" flying straight into ...
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Melissa was one of the strongest storms on record. NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters flew into it without pay

Tossed and battered by violent wind and severe turbulence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of ...
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New video shows hurricane hunters being tossed by turbulence while entering eye of Hurricane Melissa

The NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center captured video aboard its Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, Kermit, as it was buffeted by ...
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Hurricane Hunter aircraft forced back to base by Melissa’s fury

Unusually heavy turbulence forced an Air Force WC-130 Hurricane Hunter aircraft to turn back from Hurricane Melissa and ...

SEE IT: ‘Hurricane Hunters’ capture video in eye of Melissa before turbulence forces them back

The U.S. Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron captured footage of the towering walls inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday, before “heavy turbulence” ...
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The 'Hurricane Hunters' enter the eye of Melissa

The United States Department of Defense has released spectacular footage recorded by the "Hurricane Hunters," the famous ...
Orlando Sentinel

Hurricane Melissa made ‘catastrophic’ Jamaica landfall with Cuba, Bahamas in sights

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 hurricane, one of the most powerful storms on record with the threat of “catastrophic flash flooding, landslides, and ...