Flight engineers, pilots, scientists and others flew multiple harrowing missions into Melissa without pay. They wanted to do far more.

The Category 5 storm, which left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean, stunned forecasters and meteorologists, achieving extreme rapid intensification as well as a never-before-recorded wind speed near the ocean surface.

The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the "Hurricane Hunters," were forced to turn back at one point due to heavy turbulence after flying into the eye of Hurricane Melissa on Monday.

This central Illinois woman says she's been through wildfires, blizzards and more. But has never been more scared then when she was in the middle of a record-breaking hurricane in Jamaica.

Pupils have been packing shoeboxes with toys and gifts to send to Jamaica to help people who are rebuilding their lives after Hurricane Melissa. Students at West Coventry Academy have turned the library into a hive of activity as they work to pack up to 80 shoeboxes with gifts ranging from teddy bears to cuddly tigers to send overseas.