In the eye of the storm: Pinoy storm chasers

Ruby’s first landfall on December 6 sent people scrambling to safety. But a group of scientists did the exact opposite. Storm chasers from the state weather bureau PAGASA were two towns away from Ruby’s landfall – Dolores, Eastern Samar, all the better to understand the typhoon. Some of them have been chasing storms for decades. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s gotta do it – the information they gather is crucial not only to scientists but to the communities that will take the storm’s first hit.

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