Published 16:18 IST, September 3rd 2019

Dorian's 'Stadium Effect' captured by 'Hurricane Hunters', watch here

Hurricane Dorian's "Stadium Effect" captured in stunning pictures by NOAA, shaping into a stadium with inside walls revealed massive power of Hurricane Dorian

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On September 3, island chain of Bahamas suffered massive flooding and powerful winds due to Category 5 storm brought by Hurricane Dorian. National Hurricane Center shared snaps captured by Air force officials on Twitter. pictures of Hurricane Dorian shaping into a stium with inside walls revealed strength and massive power of storm.

Stium Effect

effect of Hurricane Dorian is attributed as “Stium Effect”. Stium effect is a phemen which usually occurs in storms where clouds surrounding eyewall bend outwards due to weight, this gives eye an appearance of an open dome which looks like a sports stium. Hence scientists at National Hurricane Center termed it as “Stium Effect”. planes from National Oceanic and Atmospheric ministration flew into hurricane to capture stunning pictures and accumulate information to help forecast and gauge  storm. team of AA, are better kwn as “Hurricane Hunters” who performed shoot.

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picture shared by National Hurricane Center on Twitter shows wing of plane facing eye of Hurricane Dorian which looks concave-shaped. NHC while sharing picture captioned it, “Here's a look at what scientists call "stium effect" inside eye of #Dorian from @AA scientists.  This happens at times in very strong hurricanes”. 

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Initially, pictures were captured by one of officials and posted on Twitter after operation. Garrett Black, Air Force Hurricane Hunter captured beautiful dome-shaped eye of hurricane. Take a look - 

In video, one can properly see eye of Dorian shaping in form of a stium. A clip also shows more scenes from Hurricane Dorian. eye-catching stunning perspectives were caught by AA P-3 Hurricane Hunter trip on September 1. sky-view of Dorian displays calm before it approaches furr for destruction. 

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More on Hurricane Dorian

Dorian has been delegated a Category 5 tempest, pressing breezes of 290 kilometers for every hour. It is expected to move towards Florida on Tuesday. After that, it will hit Georgia and South Carolina coasts on Wednesday night and Thursday. A huge number of individuals have been evacuated from beachfront territories of Florida and Carolinas. people have been asked to take equate precautions and gar food and or requirements in times of distress. 

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15:19 IST, September 3rd 2019