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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081013034201im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) Press Release 05-153 Hurricane Katrina: Scientists Fly Into Eye of the Storm
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Researchers Study Hurricane Rainbands and Eyewall
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![Scientists from the RAINEX project flew into the edge of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 27](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081013034201im_/http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/katrina_f.jpg) |
Scientists from the RAINEX project flew into the edge of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 to study its rainbands and the formation of its eyewall, taking simultaneous measurements from two aircraft as Katrina grew into Category 5 and bore down on the Gulf Coast. (Click here to track Katrina's progress.)
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