Storm hunters capture incredible footage from inside eye of Hurricane Melissa

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[FarPoint]

1. Just looking at this power is terrifying.....

I loose my breathe just trying to imagine what I would feel if living thru this....on the ground...

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2. And the last hurricane hunter mission had to be aborted before reaching the eye because of

extreme turbulence. I can't imagine.

[FarPoint]

4. OMG!

[Dixiegrrrl]

3. That's just too awesome for words.

Gives a sense of how big that storm is,too.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. My stomach churns with worry for Malaise.

[littlemissmartypants]

6. Data from Windy, six maps total at the Bluesky link

Melissa update 1/6

— (@2diamondeyes.bsky.social) 2025-10-28T10:35:22.764Z

[BigmanPigman]

7. It's sort of scary and it definitely is fascinating.

[littlemissmartypants]

8. Chris Justus, WYFF 4 Chief Meteorologist, Expert tracking severe weather

BIRDS TRAPPED IN THE EYE.
The Hurricane Hunters had a heartbreaking report that shows the intensity.... birds are trapped inside the eye of Melissa — where it’s calm — but they can’t escape because the surrounding eyewall winds are too violent to fly through.
The turbulence was so extreme, the NOAA aircraft had to turn around early.
Melissa is now one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Atlantic with 200 mph gusts.
Pray for Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. 🙏nd

[burrowowl]

9. Beautiful, nature is awesome!