During Hurricane Melissa’s wrath on the Caribbean, hurricane hunters played a crucial role in collecting data on Melissa’s sustained wind speeds and minimum central pressure. During one of the final ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - As Jamaica faces a catastrophic Category 5 storm, federal budget cuts could make it harder for forecasters to track systems like Hurricane Melissa. The proposed cuts could halt ...

As Californians break out umbrellas for a rainy holiday, specialized crews are gearing up to fly their planes directly into the winter's incoming atmospheric rivers.

U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, aka the "Hurricane Hunters," flew into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Monday to collect data for the National Hurricane Center.

SUFFERED A MAJOR IMPACT AS MELISSA CONTINUES ON ITS PATH. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF THIS MASSIVE STORM. OUR GRACE LOWE JOINS US LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STORM, AND ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Hurricane Delta continued its pattern of rapid strengthening and reached major Category 4 strength on Tuesday morning. The National Hurricane Center said at 11 a.m. ET that NOAA ...

During Hurricane Melissa, hurricane hunters risked their lives to get important data for forecasters. Meteorologist Haley Fiaschetti talks about the history of hurricane hunters and how dangerous ...

Forecasters for days recognized the devastation Hurricane Melissa would bring to Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands. Some of the research that helps inform forecasters is generated out of the ...

Explore high-risk missions that helps improve hurricane forecasting. When others turn back, they fly straight into the eye of a storm. The Hurricane Hunters, an elite unit of aviators, use specialized ...