Weather Channel Reporter Gets Slammed by Flying Tree Branch During Intense Hurricane Ian Live Shot
A Weather Channel reporter was hit by a tree branch Wednesday while filming a live shot of Hurricane Ian as it slammed ashore in Florida. On Thursday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told “Good Morning America” the…
A Weather Channel reporter was hit by a tree branch Wednesday while filming a live shot of Hurricane Ian as it slammed ashore in Florida.
On Thursday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno told “Good Morning America” the storm’s death toll could be severe, according to the Fort Myers News-Press.
“So while I don’t have confirmed numbers, I definitely know fatalities are in the hundreds,” Marceno said. “There are thousands of people that are waiting to be rescued.”
“And again, I can’t give a true assessment until we’re actually on scene assessing each scene. And we can’t access, that’s the problem. We’re accessing the bridges, seeing what’s compromised and what’s not. And this will be a life-changing event for the men and women who are responding. They’re going to see things they’ve never seen before.”
The storm hurtled ashore Wednesday, with Weather Channel reporter Jim Cantore in the thick of it.
“Jim Cantore literally hit by a flying tree branch during a live report. Please get this man off the street,” journalist Scott Gustin tweeted.