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U.S. Air Force Jet Pierces Eye of Hurricane Ida as It Hits Louisiana
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Aug 30, 20210:50Now PlayingAn Air Force Reserve aircraft flew through the eye of Hurricane Ida Sunday as it made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Louisiana.
Video taken aboard the aircraft shows the pilot piercing through clouds and into the center of the hurricane.
One of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland weakened into a tropical storm overnight as it pushed inland over Mississippi with torrential rain and shrieking winds, its danger far from over.
Ida was blamed for at least one death — someone hit by a falling tree outside Baton Rouge. But with many roads impassable and cellphone service knocked out in places, the full extent of its fury was still coming into focus.
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