Two teams of hurricane hunters fly to the most powerful storms on the planet: one team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and their P3 Orion aircraft, and the other is the United ...

Tossed and battered by violent wind and severe turbulence, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunters have spent the past week diving into the eye of Melissa — a storm of ...

An intrepid team of hurricane hunters was mercilessly tossed by rocky turbulence while flying right into the eye of Hurricane Melissa, according to wild footage shared by the US National Oceanic and ...

Hurricane hunters are specialized aviators who intentionally fly into dangerous storms to collect critical real-time weather data and conduct reconnaissance missions. They utilize robust, modified ...

The brave men and woman onboard Noaa’s Hurricane Hunter airplanes need to remain cool, calm and collected during extreme conditions while flying into some of the most intense storms on Earth. And ...

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron had a rough ride this week in Hurricane Melissa, having to turn back early twice due to unusually strong turbulence. The early return ...

Imagine you’re flying inside the eye of a hurricane and you behold the towering, swirling clouds of our planet’s most explosive force of nature right before your eyes. From June through November each ...

IN FLIGHT, CARIBBEAN SEA - OCTOBER 27: (EDITOR'S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images' editorial policy.) In this handout image ...

“Dropsondes are small cylindrical devices that are used by organizations like NOAA to collect valuable information during extreme weather events like hurricanes or atmospheric rivers," an NSF NCAR ...