Category: Hurricane Hunters

Storm scientists are swooping through Hurricane Florence as it increases in size and heads toward landfall on the East Coast later this week.

On Monday, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) team flew its four-propeller P-3 craft through the eye of Hurricane Florence, capturing stunning video of the Category 4 storm.

In the reprieve of the storm’s eye, NOAA hurricane scientist Heather Holbach captured Atlantic blue skies above Florence’s towering vertical walls from the hurricane hunter aircraft.

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View More Watch hurricane hunters fly into the eye of an intensifying Hurricane Florence