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She has been working in journalism for seven years. Getty Have you ever wondered what happens inside the eye of a hurricane? Though the rest of the storm churns out high winds, heavy rain and even ...
It may seem calm, but the eye of a hurricane is essentially an enormous trap. Inside this arena of relative rest, ferocious winds fall away, thunderclouds are replaced by sunny blue skies ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As Hurricane Milton approaches Florida, some may be curious to experience what the eye of a hurricane is like. The eyes of hurricanes usually provide a period of calm amid ...
The Hurricane Hunters have been around for more than 80 years, but what exactly are they and what do they do? We explain.
No tropical cyclone activity is expected over the next seven days, but Hurricane Center forecasters are watching the tropics ...
In a 2021 study, Van Den Broeke analyzed radar from 33 Atlantic hurricanes that hit the US mainland or Puerto Rico between 2011 and 2020. Each one showed signs of birds and insects inside the eye ...
We find the exact center of the eye. We mark it again, drop another weather instrument and send that information to the National Hurricane Center so they can add it to their models for a better ...
Inside these storms, wind speeds start to twist and turn around the eye of the storm. A tropical storm becomes a tropical cyclone, or a hurricane, once sustained wind speeds reach 74 mph.
NOAA pilot Lt. Cmdr. Josh Rannenberg was shocked by Milton's ferocity. Lt. Cmdr. Josh Rannenberg, lead pilot of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane Hunters, has ...
Florida’s Gulf Coast is expected to get the brunt of yet another major storm this week, just little over two weeks after seeing devastating impacts from Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Milton was a ...
The eye of a hurricane can sometimes take on what is known as the "stadium effect," which some experts have captured on ...