Hurricane Hunter Who Flew Into the Eye of Fiona Describes ‘Very Challenging’ Storm

Hurricane Hunter Who Flew Into the Eye of Fiona Describes ‘Very Challenging’ Storm
Pilot and hurricane hunter Kevin Doremus of the NOAA Corps is shown in a handout photo. The Canadian Press/NOAA Aircraft Operations
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Kevin Doremus says the eyes of hurricanes, including Fiona—a storm that barrelled into Atlantic Canada last month causing widespread damage—look like open-air domes, similar to sports arenas.

Doremus, a lieutenant-commander with the United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, got up close to the Category 3 hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean as it flirted with the coasts of Aruba and Puerto Rico—days before it was downgraded into a post-tropical storm and made landfall in Canada.