Watch: 'Hurricane Hunters' capture video in eye of Melissa before turbulence forces them back
(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. Air Force's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron captured footage of the towering walls inside the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday, before "heavy turbulence" forced them back, the division said in a statement.
Melissa made landfall in Jamaica Tuesday, bringing catastrophic 185 mph maximum sustained winds and heavy flooding.
Satellite video shows 'catastrophic' Category 5 Hurricane Melissa churning toward Jamaica. (Credit: CSU/CIRA & NOAA via Storyful)Known as the Hurricane Hunters, the Air Force squadron experienced "forces stronger than normal due to turbulence," according to the statement, which........





















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