Flying into a hurricane may sound reckless, but for NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters it is a critical scientific mission. This ...

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Crews were mopping up Thursday but still bracing for more after hurricane-force wind downed power lines and fanned wildfires along the Colorado Front Range and onto the ...

A massive coast-to-coast storm is charging across the country, packing hurricane-force wind gusts and will impact more than 30 states by the end of the week. This powerful storm is beginning to move ...

BOULDER, Colo. — It's been a windy week in Colorado with some very strong top wind gusts. There was a 99 mph gust on Tuesday in Dumont, and on Saturday there was a 98 mph gust on top of Peak 8 in ...

Hurricane Melissa was already one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean—and now scientists have confirmed a new way it neared superlative status. Newly released data show ...

Hurricane Melissa first flooded southwestern Haiti before slamming into Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on Oct. 28 with sustained winds of 185 mph and even stronger gusts. Melissa then barreled over ...

ATLANTA — Hurricane Melissa shattered records as it approached Jamaica last month. A dropsonde weather instrument from a NOAA Hurricane Hunter Aircraft measured a 252 mph wind gust before reaching the ...

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Melissa unleashed a fury of Category 5 winds as it approached Jamaica in October, and experts now confirm it produced the strongest gust ever recorded by NOAA Hurricane Hunters.