How a 25-pound hurricane-hunting drone can help inform "life-and-death decisions"

Government scientists know what it is like to stare a hurricane right in the eye. They've been doing it for countless storms by flying hurricane-hunting aircrafts and dropping sensors to measure the hurricane's strength.  

But for some members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Hurricane Ian was the roughest hurricane flight they've ever experienced. 

Hurricane Ian hit land in southwestern Florida as a major Category 4 hurricane, just shy of a Category 5, as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the U.S.