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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Raby

A hurricane scientist logged a final flight as NOAA released his ashes into Milton’s eye

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As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the storm as a lasting tribute to the longtime National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration radar specialist and researcher.

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