Some photographs inside the eye of Hurricane Fiona as it intensified to a category-4 hurricane – Hurricane Research Division

NOAA continues to fly missions into Hurricane Fiona as it moves northward away from the Caribbean Sea and intensifies into a dangerous Category-4 hurricane. During a P-3 flight on the afternoon of 20 September, the crew captured some great images inside the eye of the hurricane.

Photographs inside the eye of Hurricane Fiona showing the eyewall and the clear, blue sky above. Courtesy: Heather Holbach.

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