Ever wondered what it’s like inside a hurricane? NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters flew straight into Erin’s eye when it hit Category 5 on Saturday. 😳 Now a Category 3 with 125 mph winds, Erin is pounding Puerto Rico with heavy rain and flooding. Even without landfall, dangerous surf and rip currents are headed for the Bahamas, the U.S. East Coast, and Atlantic Canada. | WeatherBug

Footage shows the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa after it hit Jamaica, causing widespread damage to homes and infrastructure. Melissa roared ashore near the country’s southwestern town of New Hope, packing sustained winds of up to 295km/h, according to the US National Hurricane Center. This is well above the minimum 252km/h wind speed of a Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. In southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St Elizabeth was left “underwater,” an official s