Never seen a lot lightning: Storm chaser on flight to eye of Hurricane Ian | Watch

A hurricane Hunter who flew into Hurricane Ian early Wednesday morning known as it the worst flight of his six-year profession. Nick Underwood has been searching hurricanes and supporting science missions aboard the US’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s plane for the final six years.

When I say this was the roughest flight of my profession thus far, I imply it. I’ve by no means seen the bunks come out like that. There was espresso in every single place. I’ve by no means felt such lateral movement.

Aboard Kermit (#NOAA42) this morning into Hurricane #Ian. Please keep secure on the market. https://t.co/DQwqBwAE6v pic.twitter.com/gvV7WUJ6aS

— Tropical Nick Underwood (@TheAstroNick) September 28, 2022

“I have flown storms for the last six years. This flight to Hurricane Ian on Kermit was the worst I’ve ever been on. I’ve never seen so much lightning in an eye. This was the eye. You can see the curvature. Understand this is at NIGHT. The light is from LIGHTNING,” Underwood, who flew with a crew into Hurricane Ian, posted on Twitter.

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“Absolutely wild. All of this in the eye, in which we circled for some time to deploy the UAS (uncrewed aerial system). A high end Cat 4 storm. Nearly Cat 5. All of this at 8,000 feet above the ocean. I’m glad we only did one pass,” the following tweet on the thread learn.

Underwood additionally posted a brief video from contained in the flight, which had “coffee everywhere”.

The extraordinarily turbulent two minutes and 20 seconds on the flight is sufficient to fathom the affect of the hurricane that plowed over the US.

The flight crew may be seen within the video being pushed and shoved round violently by the turbulence of their seats. Some even laughed by way of the storm, as terrific lightning flashed outdoors the home windows.

Equipment and different objects on the craft, together with the bunks, could possibly be heard getting knocked over. At the top, a voice is heard: “We’re alright, we’re alright.” At the top, Underwood additionally posted photographs of the “aftermath of the galley”. Coffee spilled all around the counter, a slipper proper subsequent to a microwave oven, water bottle packs on the ground together with a towel, a bag and a mattress.

Hurricane Ian, probably the most highly effective storms recorded within the US, made landfall on the Florida coast on Wednesday, unleashing torrential rains and howling winds. Visuals from the hurricane confirmed reporters getting swept away and sharks swimming within the streets.

Before making landfall in Florida, the hurricane tore by way of Cuba, killing two and bringing down the nation’s electrical grid, leaving 11 million with no electrical energy. The US border authorities reported 20 Cuban migrants lacking after their boat sank off the Florida coast because the hurricane approached.

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