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

Dozens have been stunned to see US jets flying directly through the eye of the storm that's worse than Katrina.

The eye of Hurricane Melissa was located by NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft near latitude 16.3 North, longitude 76.4 West. Melissa is moving toward the west near 5 mph . A slow

Unusually heavy turbulence forced an Air Force WC-130 Hurricane Hunter aircraft to turn back from Hurricane Melissa and return to base to check for damage, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron said.

See how NOAA and U.S. Air Force “hurricane hunters” fly directly into powerful storms to collect critical weather data.

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

Hurricane Melissa is expected to continue strengthening and become a Category 5 hurricane, according to the NHC, Saturday, Oct. 25.

Already today we’ve been monitoring significant amounts of fake AI-generated storm videos spreading to millions of viewers online, tracked the ‘Hurricane Hunter’ aircraft flying directly into the eye of the hurricane and shown you how rare it is to see a storm of this magnitude.