Watch: Weatherman braves Hurricane Milton as he reports from the ground
Fox video Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on Wednesday night, bringing with it dangerous flooding and a life-threatening storm surge. It has drenched the region with thousand-year rainfalland destructive winds.
It slammed ashore as a Category 3 storm with 120 mph sustained winds, but weakened to a Category 1 after moving to the land. But experts warn that it continuesto remain a dangerous storm.
A brave weatherman was seen standing outside, getting drenched by the storm to bring to the audience the ground reality.
Robert Ray, a correspondent for Fox Weather, donned a bike helmet and goggles while reporting from Bradenton, Florida as 100mph winds and rains thrashed him. He was barely able to stand in the horrendous weather conditions in an effort to show people what Milton was really like.
Notably, Milton has been termed the most dangerous storm of 2024 with Tampa in the path of enduring the most destruction.
"Robert and his team provide a raw, behind-the-scenes look at conditions on the ground, as winds gusting over 80 mph were measured nearby," Fox News wrote, sharing the video of Ray braving the storm on the streets.
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The anchor tells the audience that they will show them what "an extreme weather warning looks like".
"This is as bad as I have experienced this hurricane season, by far, nothing matches," Ray says in the video.
Also Read:Hurricane Milton is eerily similar to a 2020 hypothetical Cat 5 scenario
"Menacing, absolutely menacing, whipping through Bradenton, remarkable energy. Painful to stand out here," he added.
Ray goes on to say that the devastation will hit the first responders hard the next day and now they know why it would have occurred.
Milton to cause catastrophic damage
"If any first responders are watching and anyone who is going to have to go into action tomorrow, monitor all this and the devastation that is going to occur, you know why there's damage, why there is catastrophic damage. This is why we do this," he says.
Ray adds that the reason for showing people the fury of the storm is to warn them it is not safe to be there and that they need to evacuate.
"This is part of the documentation that will also hopefully show people to evacuate. You don't want to be in this," warned Ray, who at one point crouched on the road.
"You don't want to be in your home if it's not structurally confident. We're going to see a lot of those issues tomorrow, especially in mobile homes," Ray explained.
Milton is bringing catastrophic flooding and devastation with it and has led to at least 19 tornadoes. Nearly 2.8 million homes and businesses across Florida were without power Thursday morning.
A tornado tore through the St. Lucie County in Florida, killing several people in a mobile home retirement community, CNN reported. The exact number of those dead has not been revealed.
