Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This weather satellite photo taken last October shows abundant lightning flashes within the eye wall of Hurricane Melissa, a ...

When we talk about hurricanes, the first number you usually hear is wind speed. That makes sense. Wind is what tears off roofs, knocks down trees, and turns debris into dangerous missiles. Wind kicks ...

A record-breaking 252-mph wind reading measured by a dropsonde launched from an NOAA Hurricane Hunter airplane during a mission into Hurricane Melissa has been verified, making it the strongest wind ...

“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 ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 storm with 185 mph winds. The storm is expected to cause catastrophic damage with life-threatening winds, rain, and storm surge ...