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As residents evacuate, hurricane hunters fly straight into Dorian
Read full article: As residents evacuate, hurricane hunters fly straight into DorianNOAA via Getty Images(CNN) - While millions face evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Dorian, some servicemen and servicewomen called hurricane hunters are flying planes directly into this record-breaking storm. Hurricane Dorian, the strongest to ever hit the Bahamas, has had a unique path, and the data the hurricane hunters have collected from inside the storm has been invaluable. For the first time in history, an all-female, 3-pilot crew flew a reconnaissance mission into Dorian a few days ago. He says about half of hurricane hunters are "citizen airmen" who have regular civilian lives but for two weeks a year carry out their reserve duty. News Producer Victoria Kennedy contributed to this report.

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