The second hurricane/typhoon hunter mission that didn't make it back was the only flight to be lost in a Category 5 storm ... Image credit: Arthur R. "Ray" Brashear, Air Reconnaissance Weather ...

Only two category 5 hurricanes have ever touched the U.S.: the Great Labor Day Hurricane that assaulted the Florida Keys in 1935, and 1969's Hurricane Camille, which blew through Mississippi and ...

The tornado that touched down early Monday morning in Seminole County, Florida had peak winds of 115 mph, which is comparable to the wind gusts of a Category 2 or 3 hurricane, according to the ...