As of 10 a.m., Melissa tied with the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane for the third-strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic ...

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

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

The hurricane that tore through the Caribbean this week broke records, rapidly intensifying and surprising some ...

So far, the Atlantic has seen 13 named systems during hurricane season, with Erin, Humberto and Melissa reaching Category 5—the strongest rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, which ...

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

Unusually warm ocean temperatures fueled one of the worst hurricanes on record. New research finds climate change increased ...

Gathering data from planes inside hurricanes is a dangerous game and 52 lives have been lost since operations began in 1944.

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 ...

Hurricane Melissa was hitting eastern Cuba hard early Wednesday after slamming Jamaica as a Category 5 storm. Maps show its ...

Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has made landfall already in Jamaica and Cuba, as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever make ...

Hurricane Melissa moves toward Bermuda after more than 30 die across Caribbean More than 30 deaths are being attributed to ...