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Into the storm: Hurricane Hunter aviator on flying through Beryl

Engulfed in cloud, navigating only on radar, the aircraft trembled and shook "like a rollercoaster going through a car wash" as it pierced the thick inner wall of the storm. Suddenly everything was calm. The plane was inside the eye of Hurricane Beryl, cruising in a perfect cylinder of pale blue sky, surrounded on all sides by dark banks of cloud.

Inside the storm: Hurricane Hunters recount ‘falling out of the sky’

Hundreds of school children were given exclusive access to a United States Air Force 'Hurricane Hunter' aircraft at Owen Roberts International Airport on Wednesday, 19 April.

Weather system upgraded to Tropical Storm Bret

Heavy rain and strong winds that battered the Cayman Islands over the holiday weekend are expected to recede this week as a tropical weather system advances northward, threatening the Gulf Coast of the U.S. A broad area of low pressure brought high winds and heavy rains to the islands over the last few days and a marine warning was still in place Monday

‘We have to be ready’: Storm trackers prepare for hurricane season

Storm trackers flew into Grand Cayman on Tuesday on their public awareness tour ahead of the Caribbean’s hurricane season.

Hurricane Hunter plane to visit Cayman next week

A Hurricane Hunter aircraft and its crew are due to land in Grand Cayman next week as part of a regional tour in the run-up to the 2017 hurricane season.

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