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

Footage from a U.S. Air Force weather reconnaissance flight that passed through Hurricane Melissa’s eye confirms you probably ...

In the videos taken on Monday, Oct. 27, huge clusters of clouds swirl around the hurricane's "eye." At times, the clouds show ...

A US Air Force Reserve crew known as the “Hurricane Hunters flew into Hurricane Melissa as it was intensified and ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion aircraft, known as "Kermit," had to cut a ...

WC-130J Weatherbird faced the deadly forces of Hurricane Melissa to track its path and strength. Learn how the crew collected ...

Unusually heavy turbulence forced an Air Force WC-130 Hurricane Hunter aircraft to turn back from Hurricane Melissa and ...

See how NOAA and U.S. Air Force “hurricane hunters” fly directly into powerful storms to collect critical weather data.

I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above.

Kermit is one of two WP-3D Orion turboprop airplanes that NOAA operates, often alongside the Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather ...

A meteorologist had the rare opportunity to fly into the eye of a major hurricane. His bird's-eye view of Category 5 ...

The clips, filmed by a US Air Force “Hurricane Hunter” crew, shows a rare weather phenomenon known as the “stadium effect” — ...