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  • Hurricane Hunter plane
    Video duration 2:46
    Flying with a Hurricane Hunter crew Jump to media player The Hurricane Hunters who fly into the eye of hurricanes.
    • 10 Sep 17
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  • Irma v Andrew
    Video duration 1:49
    Irma v Andrew: Why this could be worse Jump to media player Floridians still remember Hurricane Andrew and the devastation it caused in 1992. Could Irma be worse?
    • 08 Sep 17
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  • Hurricane
    Video duration 0:18
    Hurricane Irma from space Jump to media player This satellite footage from Nasa shows the hurricane Irma and Jose swirling in the Atlantic.
    • 08 Sep 17
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  • View of Hurricane Irma
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    Flying into Hurricane Irma Jump to media player Take a flight inside the powerful storm with an American research plane.
    • 05 Sep 17
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  • Hurricane Irma
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    Hurricane Irma viewed from space Jump to media player The Category 5 storm is making landfall over the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
    • 05 Sep 17
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  • Weather graphics of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose behind in the atlantic
    Video duration 1:41
    The history of Hurricane Irma Jump to media player Darren Bett explains where Hurricane Irma began and how she strengthened over the Atlantic Ocean.
    • 09 Sep 17
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  • Florida woman
    Video duration 1:14
    The Floridians who won't leave Jump to media player As Hurricane Irma approaches, some are choosing to stay behind.
    • 09 Sep 17
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  • Before and after
    Video duration 1:37
    Paradise lost: Before and after Irma Jump to media player Stills and footage show the almost-destroyed Caribbean island of St Martin, then and now.
    • 07 Sep 17
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  • Hurricane Irma is expected to arrive in Florida by the weekend. BBC weather reporter Phil Avery Irma is now a category 5 storm - the strongest there is.
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    Hurricane Irma: Strongest type there is Jump to media player Hurricane Irma is expected to arrive in Florida by the weekend. BBC weather reporter Phil Avery says Irma is now a category 5 storm - the strongest there is.
    • 05 Sep 17
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  • Flamingos
    Video duration 1:21
    Flamingos rehomed ahead of Irma Jump to media player Animals at Zoo Miami are moved to safety ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.
    • 09 Sep 17
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What's it like to fly into the eye of Hurricane Irma?

Hurricane Hunter planes fly into storms to help track their power and direction.

Ahead of Hurricane Irma's arrival in Florida, the BBC accompanied a crew who flew into its eye.

  • 10 Sep 2017
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