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

Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.

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

The brave men and woman onboard Noaa’s Hurricane Hunter airplanes need to remain cool ... Kendall Dunn with the 53rd Weather ...

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 ...

Forecasters are watching a tropical wave in the Caribbean, where waters remain warm enough to support tropical development.

They fly straight into the world’s most dangerous storms to gather life-saving data. Here's the skinny on the pilots and ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion aircraft, known as "Kermit," had to cut a ...

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

Melissa’s terrifying trip through the Caribbean also piled on evidence of the influence of a warming ocean on an evolving ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall early Wednesday morning in Cuba as a powerful Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph ...

Hurricane Melissa's sustained winds of 185-mph become one of the two strongest Atlantic storms on record to make landfall, USA TODAY reported.