Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica and Drone footage
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As Hurricane Melissa made landfall, a daring team of aviators flew straight into the eye of the monstrous Category 5 storm.
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Chilling Footage Captured From the Eye of Hurricane Melissa Is Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before
Adding a note of poetry to the description of his experience, he said, "There was something emotional about being in the eye; perhaps it was the poetic sinisterness of knowing what the surrounding eyewall contained, and yet - even fleetingly - being immune to it.”
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New video shows hurricane hunters being tossed by turbulence while entering eye of Hurricane Melissa
The NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center captured video aboard its Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, Kermit, as it was buffeted by winds near the storm's eye.
St Elizabeth and Montego Bay are among the worst impacted places in Jamaica, and drone footage shows streets under water. From Jamaica, the storm travelled north to Cuba, bringing with it 115mph (185kph) winds and heavy rain.
An outside view showed cloudy blue skies off to the side of the aircraft while the crew plowed into the heart of Hurricane Melissa, which had wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean islands.
Hurricane Melissa's winds, flooding, and storm surge are expected to leave a historic mark in the Caribbean. Here’s what the footage shows
Does a video posted on TikTok show Hurricane Melissa as it is making landfall in Kingston, Jamaica? No, that's not true: These clips show storms which happened around the world, some fairly recently,
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