Brave scientists on a 'hurricane hunting' plane that is used ... dispatched on a hurricane chasing mission. it can spend up to 12 hours airborne with surveys of storm systems lasting 8-10 hours ...

Holidaymakers aboard a passenger plane were left horrified after the aircraft was literally knocked sideways by a fierce storm. The arrival of the new storm followed several days of bad weather in ...

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Racing towards a potentially deadly storm may sound like an absurd thing to do – but for some scientific researchers, chasing extreme weather can be enlightening as well as exhilarating.