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

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of ...

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

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

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

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

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

Hurricane Melissa is edging toward Jamaica and is set to make landfall as a historic Category 5 storm, with winds of more ...

Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 5 storm early Monday, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to bring ...

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