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Weather question? There is a hurricane Erika and it caused a friend of mine to miss his vacation? How dangerous is it to be on an island ?
Why would a storm shut down an island in paradise? Can't an air plane fly above it all?
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- ?Lv 56 years ago
Tropical Storm Erika*
And no, commercial airliners don't fly through or above tropical cyclones as far as I know. The cloud tops reach higher than the altitudes planes fly at... and even if they can fly over it, the turbulence would probably still be quite dangerous.
A tropical cyclone "shuts down an island in paradise" with very heavy rain and strong winds which can last for days.