Read our privacy policyCNN anchor Anderson Cooper was hit in the face with debris while reporting outdoors on Hurricane Milton in Florida as the massive storm made landfall. The National Weather Service generated 111 tornado warnings as the storm thrashed the state’s Gulf side, breaking a 2017 record. Facing wind speeds of more than 150mph, Cooper in Bradenton, Florida, Wednesday night to report on unfolding carnage. Although sending reporters out into dangerous storms isn’t uncommon, viewers still couldn’t help but be concerned for Cooper. On X/Twitter, one person wrote: “What does putting Anderson Cooper on a pier in the middle of the ocean at the height of a hurricane in its centre achieve in informing viewers?

Source: CNN October 10, 2024 13:56 UTC