BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) — Hurricane Hunters flew into Tropical Storm Isaias after launching from Keesler Air Force Base, gathering data sent to the National Hurricane Center as the storm moves closer to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A NOAA WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter research plane is shown at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, on May 6, ...

A tropical cyclone has to stand up straight before it can intensify, according to Michael S. Fischer of the University of ...

Hurricane hunters — aircraft crews from the U.S. Air Force and NOAA that routinely fly hundreds of missions each season (NOAA banked 63 missions in 2025 while the Air Force flew a total of 77 missions ...

Before tropical cyclones can significantly strengthen, they generally must first become vertically aligned, with their rotating centers stacked through the atmosphere. New research using nearly three ...

The Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Recapitalization Act, bipartisan legislation that would codify the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Hurricane Hunter mission and authorize NOAA to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lawmakers are pushing to expand NOAA's Hurricane Hunter fleet. A bipartisan bill in the Senate proposes providing $2.5 billion to ...

(CNN) — A bipartisan group of senators are trying to triple the size of the Hurricane Hunter fleet – the three hulking and aging aircraft used to fly directly into hurricanes and tropical storm ...