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Hurricane hunters fly through extreme storms to predict intensity – what happens when a plane hits the eyewall

As a hurricane intensifies, hurricane hunters do something almost unimaginable in the skies: They fly through the storm’s center. With each pass, scientists aboard these aircraft take measurements that satellites can’t and send them back to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center. Jason Dunion, a University of Miami meteorologist who leads hurricane field programs for… Read More »