Simply minutes after Hurricane Milton made landfall with 120 miles per hour winds at Siesta Key, Florida, Anderson Cooper suffered his own involved effect.
Cooper was doing a live standup for CNN in Bradenton, Florida, which is simply a couple of miles north of Siesta Key, when a piece of flying particles struck him directly in the face. Cooper, skilled pro that he is, yelled out “Woah! That wasn’t great. We’ll most likely go inside soon” before continuing with his report.
You can enjoy a rough variation of it listed below, or click through for the longer, clearer CNN variation in which Cooper circles back and analyzes the piece of particles that struck him.
Cooper was not the only member of the CNN household who braved the worst of Milton.
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Costs Weir was simply to the north in St. Petersburg practically precisely when the storm made landfall. Braving what he referred to as “slop”– i.e. a great deal of wind and rain blended together– Weir not just lost his red CNN hat, however was blown right out of the frame. View the video listed below published by the network’s Brian Stelter.
Over on The Weather Channel, typhoon veterinarian Jim Cantore was safeguarding in a Port Charlotte parking lot far from wind-borne projectiles, however the harbor still discovered him. It had actually “actually taken control of the parking lot” as the ocean flooded the city.
Television weatherwatchers will bear in mind that Cantore had his own run in with air-borne particles throughout Hurricane Ian. You can enjoy that video listed below.