NWS meteorologists at the Anchorage, Alaska, office issued a hurricane-force wind warning in the early morning hours on Wednesday. The office warned that winds could gust to 65 knots (74 mph), equivalent to a low-end Category 1 hurricane. The strong winds would cause 23-foot seas on Wednesday.

Hurricane Hunters were forced to cut short their reconnaissance mission into the Category 5 Hurricane Melissa Monday morning, Oct. 27.

Hurricane Melissa became one of the most powerful hurricanes on record to make landfall in the Atlantic Basin.

Satellites around Earth watched as a powerful Hurricane Melissa traveled toward Jamaica.

Staffing cuts and a federal government shutdown are stretching scientists’ ability to make valuable hurricane observations.