Just minutes after Hurricane Milton made landfall with 120 mph winds at Siesta Key, Florida, Anderson Cooper suffered his own associated impact. Cooper was doing a live standup for CNN in Bradenton, Florida, which is just a few miles north of Siesta Key, when a piece of flying debris hit him straight in the face. You can watch a rough version of it below, or click through for the longer, clearer CNN version in which Cooper circles back and examines the piece of debris that hit him. Cooper was not the only member of the CNN family who braved the worst of Milton. Watch on DeadlineBill Weir was just to the north in St. Petersburg almost exactly when the storm made landfall.

Source: CNN October 10, 2024 11:16 UTC