The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is about to wrap up with a strange split personality: fewer storms than normal, but an ...
Dr. Athena Masson says the wind gust was recorded by a Hurricane Hunter dropsonde at 657 feet above sea level. It breaks the previous record of 248 miles per hour recorded from Typhoon Megi in 2010.
Results vary based on who's measuring and what's being measured. But a 252 mph reading from Hurricane Melissa is among the ...