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One NOAA Hurricane Hunter who spoke to Newsweek compared some moments to "riding a wooden roller coaster through an automatic car wash."

NOAA Hurricane Hunters risk their lives to keep public informed Published: May 7, 2021 3:56 PM EDT Updated: May 8, 2021 7:26 AM EDT They risk their lives and fly into the eyes of hurricanes. In fact, NOAA Hurricane Hunters are the only organization allowed to actually fly into thunderstorms, tropical storms and hurricanes. And they do so to bring back data in order to help cities prepare for what’s coming. “We like to believe we are one piece of the puzzle,” said Jack Parrish, senior flight director with NOAA Hurricane Hunters. Everything in the airplane is strapped well down, Parrish s...

New York Prepares for Snow With California Drenched by Rain Bloomberg 1/28/2021 Brian K. Sullivan (Bloomberg) -- The powerful weather system that is dumping rain on the California coast and threatening to trigger mudslides will make its way across the U.S., raising the chances for heavy snow in New York and Washington next week. A winter storm with the potential for heavy snow will move along the East Coast likely starting Jan. 31 or Feb. 1, said Bob Oravec, a senior branch forecaster at the U.S. Weather Prediction Center. The outlook for the cities along the coast isn’t c...

It's the area of the greatest hazard for us flying through the eye wall. we see the winds ramp up suddenly and then they drop off suddenly as we come into the eye. this eye is about 55 miles across. that is a pretty big swath of hurricane force winds if you happen to end up under and in the eye wall. >> shepard: so what we're saying, all along the carolinas coast, you need to be ready. if you're told to evacuate, that should have happened. if not, makes plans. one more thing, jack. after katrina, it came ashore weaker than it was. katrina was a monster of a storm. but it was a category two whe...

>> yeah, shep. that's what happens. we saw so much energy near the center of the storm and when it was over, abaco and grand bahama island. we expect that energy to be spreading out widespread and to be working its way all the way up the coast. so the on set of the surge will be sooner. the big waves from the tropical storm force winds will be sooner. it's just going to be sort of a nightmare all the way up the coast. certainly not as bad as grand bahama island. we feel bad for our friends there. we want everyone to pay attention to the emergency managers and take the actions that they need. >...