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you're live in the cnn "newsroom." hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me. i'm fredricka whitfield. right now in the state of florida a state of emergency is in effect statewide, and the governor is calling up the national guard as tropical storm ian gains strength and moves closer to florida's west coast. ian is expected to intensify into a cat gather 4 had and making landfall as early as wednesday night. governor desantis is urging people to prepare now. >> expect heavy rains, strong winds, flash flooding, storm surge and even isolated tornadoes. make preparations now, a...

On Wednesday, March 13, The National Weather Service and Morgan County Office of Emergency Management will hold Storm Spotter Training. The event is free and open to the public and will be held at 6 p.m. in the Bloedorn Lecture Hall at Morgan Community College in Fort Morgan.  Registration for the free presentation can be […]

Telling us what does the storm structure look like, an x-ray of the core. we'll get a heads-up that maybe, indeed, this rapid intensification will happen. >> okay. so a lot of the data collection when you're in the plane, you're flying right through the hurricane. and i think a lot of folks are wondering, what is that like? it sounds like a lot of turbulence. explain what that experience is. >> it's a very surreal experience. i was just flying fiona before we had ian. it's not like an air baseline fl flight. when you get in the eye you can oftentimes get out of your seat, it's so calm. mother ...

Would have prevented the communications. >> could an updraft in a thunderstorm push this plane up 2,000 feet? i know it can drop. can it push it up that much? >> i don't know about this particular airplane. let me tell you about one incident i had in colorado with an aircraft that did do exactly that and broke apart in the air. they had flown into a similar storm structure over the top of the rockies. they continued to fly because of something we refer to as pilot push. they have this desire to be where they're going to be so much that they forget about the fact they could turn around and go b...

How do you determine what road to go down that will avoid that because that can kill you. >> you know, you definitely have to have the experience, i think, when you are close to tornadoes. they can have erratic paths. i have even seen people, storm chasers, chased for 20 years that preached safety their whole lives almost killed by tornadoes as well. you know, that's one with our armored vehicle, one thing we don't have to worry. unless it's too strong. but in that case we'll stay back. you can look at storm structure, like, for example, i'll look straight up and there's a thing called a clear...