Inside a hurricane hunter flight as Idalia became a Category 4 storm

I’m up there with the pilots. We’re rocking and swaying, and all of a sudden, the flight controls start screaming, “Check Altitude. Check Altitude. Check Altitude. Throttle up. Throttle up.” I’m like, ‘Oh my god, this is what happens in the movies.’

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