through it, they drop weather instruments to tell us what the pressure is. here is some imagery inside the eye of the storm. this is called the stadium effect. wow. this is like being on the field of a football stadium and looking up at the stands all around you. instead of fans in the stands it is thunderstorms in the eye wrapping all around you. so they go through violent turbulence, punch through the storm and all of a sudden they come out and can see blue skies above them. they can look down and see the sea floor in some cases if it s clear enough. our brave men and women have been doing this nonstop for the last three days. we appreciate all their information. most of the information, how we know how strong the storm is, is because of them. s. we are entirely grateful to them. can we have steve put that video up. imagine being on one of those planes, the rock n roll, the bouncing, they punch through and get to that point they can rest for a moment and then they know
a spectacular sight, harris. it s incredible. during this incredibly powerful storm right now. the pressure has dissipated some, but the stadium effect of the eye wall was absolutely spectacular on the inside. when i cced him affect, when you re inside eye, it s like being on the 50-yard line for the coin toss. if you look up come all the seats in the stadium would be cause. it s like being in the bondable bull. it spectacular to see. harris: that s an interesting way to describe it. when you talk about the potentially deadly potential for the storm. is that mark is relook at it and say, boy, if things don t like thing hit something as a cat 5 come it will what? all storms are dangerous in nature and they have a unique personality. we have experienced pretty severe the bad thing about dorian for the storm is it has e
it s unclear though what efforts they made to help the passengers. just one of so many questions we all have on this horrific tragedy. steve, ainsley, and brian. steve: todd, thank you so much. just trying to figure it out. brian: let s go to this story. incredible footage from inside the storm we have been tracking. ainsley: hurricane hunters completing a 10-hour mission through the eye of hurricane dorian as it unleaderboard the devastating winds down on the bahamas. steve: this shot capturing what scientists call the stadium effect which happens in very strong hurricanes. brian: joining us right now. steve: right there is the stadium effect. brian: hunter flight director richard henning who was flying directly above the storm. right now, richard, i understand that you are right near dorian? yes, sir. that s correct. in fact, i m seeing the eye on radar very clearly. we do have some good news. that is that when hurricane
my baby s only 4 months old. please pray for us. i m begging y all to play for us. you just feel the fear that she s dealing with in that situation. the flooding is also a big concern. the storm surge up to 23 feet or 7 meters. the northwest bahamas could see as much as eight months worth of rain in just a few days alone. this is now my house. the water is up to my calf. lost the kitchen. stove. and this is what dorian looks like from the international space station. wow. it is the strongest storm anywhere on the planet this year. and noaa released pictures of dorian s eye wall showing the clouds curving outward. a phenomenon known as the stadium effect. and our meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us now. so, ivan, the images that we ve
year. also noaa released pictures of dorian s eyewall that showed the clouds curving outward. that s a phenomenon known as a stadium effect. let s bring in ivan cabrera. you saw the sun there with that picture. the hurricane hunters there, you can see bright blue skies, sunshine, and then beneath them, of course, the washing machine that is the claatlantic ocean, caribbean sea at this point. what they re going through right now, we don t know because it hasn t happened before. let s show you the pictures. the way we measure these hurricanes is by pressure. but if we re just going to go by wind, there s only been one that s been higher, and that was 190-mile-an-hour winds. that was back in 1980 with alan. so this is pretty close. this was at 185. the 11:00 p.m. advisory has us