Viral Video: Journalist Nearly Blown Away While Reporting On Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian: The storm is set to affect several million people across Florida and in the southeastern states of Georgia and South Carolina.

Hurricane Ian has continued to batter the Florida peninsula with a catastrophic trifecta of high winds, heavy rain, and snow. The Internet is filled with videos of widespread flooding, property damage, and power outages. Jim Cantore got hit by a flying tree branch during hurricane report pic.twitter.com/ybONC3VR51

Amid this catastrophic storm, a video of meteorologist Jim Cantore being literally knocked off his feet while covering Hurricane Ian is going viral.

Mr. Cantore was standing on the ground in the area of Fort Meyers, Florida, reporting on the Category 4 storm with gusts of 150 mph (240 kilometres per hour) when a tree branch struck him in the legs and caused him to fall.

The reporter struggled to stand up at that point, grabbing a street sign for assistance as a stop sign fell down behind him.