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The elite crew called Hurricane Hunters flew through Hurricane Ian's powerful winds to forecast the intensity of the storm.
MORE: Hurricane hunters say Ian flight was ‘worst’ of their careers: ‘dropped 1,200 feet instantaneously’
FOX 26 also got an opportunity to join them, as our Matthew Seedorff got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly into the storm with a crew of hurricane hunters.
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Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday afternoon on Florida’s Gulf Coast, bringing damaging winds of up to 150 mph — a threshold just shy of the most devastating Category 5 hurricane status.