Daniel Aprile Meteored Argentina
Hurricane Melissa reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and became the most violent Atlantic storm of 2025. With sustained winds of 280 kilometres per hour, it moved slowly over the Caribbean, leaving destruction, torrential rains, and widespread power outages in its wake.
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has described it as a “potentially catastrophic” event. Local authorities warn that its passage through Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas could exceed the damage of any hurricane recorded in the last decade.
Amid this atmospheric fury, a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft flew over the storm to gather critical data on its structure. From that mission, a harrowing video emerged showing the aircraft…more
Source www.theweather.com
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