NOAA Hurricane Hunters faced one of their most dangerous missions yet as they flew the WP-3D Orion “Kermit” directly into the eye of Hurricane Melissa. The aircraft was violently tossed as brutal turbulence ripped through the cabin,

NOAA Hurricane Hunters faced one of their most dangerous missions yet as they flew the WP-3D Orion “Kermit” directly into the eye of Hurricane Melissa. The aircraft was violently tossed as brutal turbulence ripped through the cabin,

After savaging Jamaica as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, swamping Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas and skirting Bermuda, Hurricane Melissa is rapidly speeding out into the Atlantic and is expected to drop down into an extratropical cyclone later today, according to the latest update from the National Hurricane Center.

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