Weather Channel Reporter Jim Cantore Hit By Flying Tree Branch As Cat. 4 Hurricane Ian Makes Landfall
deadline.comCategory 4 Hurricane Ian made landfall this afternoon near Fort Myers, Florida with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. In doing so, it became the fifth-largest storm to hit the U.S.
mainland — at least in recorded history — and the Weather Channel was there to cover it.Meteorologist Jim Cantore was at ground zero to document the storm’s arrival, an assignment that is not without its risks.
Cantore was doing a live man-on-the-street report in sustained 61 mph winds — with gusts to 110 mph — when he was blown backward as a tree branch shot across the street, hit him in the leg and knocked him over.
The footage also gives a sense of just how hard Cantore has to struggle to remain in place — much less upright — further evidence of which is the street sign blown down behind him as he grabs onto another for balance.Jim Cantore literally hit by a flying tree branch during a live report.
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