A meteorologist had the rare opportunity to fly into the eye of a major hurricane. His bird's-eye view of Category 5 Hurricane Melissa left him horrified and humbled after staring into the inside of the 5th most intense Atlantic hurricane on record.

Hurricane Melissa became the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica when it hit the island on Oct. 28, 2025.

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.

As Category 5 Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica with winds topping 180 mph, social media is being hit by a surge of AI-generated and misleading videos, showing catastrophic flooding, collapsing buildings and rescue scenes that never happened.

A viral clip of a shark swimming through flooded streets in Jamaica during Hurricane Melissa was confirmed to be AI-generated.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunter P-3 Orion aircraft, known as "Kermit," had to cut a low-level flight short on Monday due to the crew encountering severe turbulence as Hurricane Melissa gained strength.

Hurricane Melissa became the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Jamaica when it hit the island on Oct. 28, 2025.

It also marks the first time in 20 years that three or more Category 5 hurricanes have developed over the Atlantic Basin in one season. The last time was in 2005, when Hurricanes Emily, Katrina, Rita,