While this year's Atlantic hurricane season hasn't been especially active, the few storms that have formed have been exceptional. And high above them, NOAA's Hurricane Hunters have been flying ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa is a massive Category 5 storm with sustained wind speeds of 185 miles per hour, one of the strongest storms in the Atlantic. The winds are so strong that the Hurricane ...

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," encountered heavier than normal turbulence while flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on ...

It was the first time since 2015 that no hurricanes directly impacted the U.S.

Hurricane Hunters measured the gust while flying through Hurricane Melissa’s eye on Oct. 28 ...