Hurricane Hunters pierce Erin's eye wall in dramatic video
Hurricane Hunters fly through Erin's eye wall
NOAA?s Hurricane Hunters flew through Erin's eye wall on Saturday as the storm grew to a Cat 5 hurricane.
ATLANTIC OCEAN - NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters captured the dramatic moment their plane flew into the eye of Hurricane Erin, as the storm grew to a Category 5 on Saturday.
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Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 3 storm before restrengthening to Category 4 as it moved northwest on Monday.
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The storm is expected to produce "life-threatening surf and rip currents along the beaches of the Bahamas, much of the east coast of the U.S., and Atlantic Canada next week," NHC said.
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FOX 13 meteorologists expect the storm’s center to pass several hundred miles east of Florida before curving northeast, keeping its core entirely offshore of the U.S. East Coast.