Simply minutes after Hurricane Milton made landfall with 120 mph winds at Siesta Key, Florida, Anderson Cooper suffered his personal related influence.
Cooper was doing a stay standup for CNN in Bradenton, Florida, which is only a few miles north of Siesta Key, when a bit of flying particles hit him straight within the face. Cooper, consummate professional that he’s, shouted out “Woah! That wasn’t good. We’ll most likely go inside shortly” earlier than carrying on along with his report.
You may watch a tough model of it under, or click on via for the longer, clearer CNN model by which Cooper circles again and examines the piece of particles that hit him.
Cooper was not the one member of the CNN household who braved the worst of Milton.
Invoice Weir was simply to the north in St. Petersburg virtually precisely when the storm made landfall. Braving what he described as “slop” — i.e. an entire lot of wind and rain combined collectively — Weir not solely misplaced his purple CNN hat, however was blown straight out of the body. Watch the video under posted by the community’s Brian Stelter.
Over on The Climate Channel, hurricane vet Jim Cantore was sheltering in a Port Charlotte parking storage away from wind-borne projectiles, however the harbor nonetheless discovered him. It had “actually taken over the parking space” because the ocean flooded town.
TV weatherwatchers will keep in mind that Cantore had his personal run in with airborne particles throughout Hurricane Ian. You may watch that video under.
