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With Tropical Depression Fred lashing the Dominican Republic and Haiti with hefty downpour and incredible breezes, and ready to hit Florida this end of the week, a progressive new device could make it simpler to foresee the power of tempests and where they are going. In this present morning's "Eye on Earth," we're seeing how arising innovation might help caution of the risks from storms. 

They look like radiant orange boats, however no one will be taking one of these for a drive around. They are typhoon chasing drones bound to confront the absolute fiercest tempests on earth, to gain information about the development of storms. 

"This could be groundbreaking by they way we see how tempests create, and increment our shots at notice individuals on shore of what peril they may confront," said Richard Jenkins, the organizer and CEO of Saildrone, a California organization that made these winged robots. 

"CBS This Morning" was there as they towed two of them out into the sea off the bank of Jacksonville, Florida. 

"These things have no clue about what they are going to get into!" said CBS News senior public and natural journalist Ben Tracy. 

"Precisely!" Jenkins giggled. 

Towing two Saildrone automated observation drones into the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. /Credit: CBS News 

On the off chance that it works, these sun oriented and wind-fueled self-governing robots will give the first-since forever information and video from the outside of the sea inside a typhoon. That information is transferred continuously back to Saildrone's central goal control at a previous maritime air station in Alameda, California, which houses its orange armed force – an armada of in excess of 100 robots. 

"We don't have anything else that has done this, so it would be incredibly new and amazingly important," said Greg Foltz, a researcher with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

Foltz said that, at the present time, the greater part of the data we have about typhoons comes from tropical storm chasing planes that fly into tempests and drop tests from the sky. 

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Saildrones are relied upon to give undeniably more information directly from the tempest's supposed motor, where the ocean and air meet. This could give significant new understanding into how solid a tempest is and where it's going. 

One of Saildrone's armada of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). /Credit: CBS News 

Tracy inquired, "We've found as of late storms that appear to unexpectedly go from a one to a four, a two to a five; is that some of what you're expecting to see, how does that really occur?" 

"Indeed, precisely," Foltz said. "That is called quick strengthening, and that can be particularly perilous close to landfall." 

Last year Hurricane Laura quickly developed into a beast storm with 150 mph winds – the most impressive typhoon to at any point hit Louisiana; and in 2017 Hurricane Harvey went from a class 1 to a classification 4 in only 24 hours, prior to hitting Texas and causing calamitous flooding. 

Typhoons are the costliest cataclysmic events in the U.S., adding up to on normal $54 billion in wind and flood harm every year, as per the Congressional Budget Office. Hotter sea waters because of environmental change are making tropical storms more grounded, and a hotter climate implies they likewise hold more water. 

"This gives us an unheard of level of insight with respect to what's coming for us and ideally precisely where they're going to land," Jenkins said. 

Saildrone is conveying five storm trackers – three from the Caribbean, and two from Florida. Every one is 1,500 pounds and intended to withstand storm power winds and 10-foot waves. When the following typhoon structures in the Atlantic, the Saildrones will merge on it, making a trip up to 50 miles each day, preferably cruising directly into the tempest from all sides. 

/Credit: CBS News 

Tracy inquired, "Do you end up in the bizarre situation of sort of expecting a tropical storm to test this out?" 

"We do," Jenkins answered. "It's sort of a bizarre circumstance where you clearly don't need typhoons for the security of individuals, however we truly need to see them to test the innovation. You know, it's somewhat similar to sending your children off to school interestingly." 

The organization has effectively tried its Saildrones in the difficult situations of the Southern Ocean close to Antarctica, and a bigger form has been conveyed from San Francisco Bay to plan the sea floor out traveling to the Hawaiian Islands. Yet, a storm is as yet a journey into the obscure. 

"To go through a tropical storm truly is somewhat the last wilderness," Jenkins said. "No doubt we'll perceive how it goes." 

Saildrone's 72-foot Surveyor. /Credit: Saildrone 

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