As Hurricane Francine made its highly effective landfall alongside the southern Louisiana coast Wednesday night, a reside climate report took an sudden political flip, leaving a Fox Climate reporter triggered.
The storm, a harmful Class 2 when it crashed ashore in Terrebonne Parish, introduced heavy winds, intense rain, and widespread energy outages.
AP reported:
Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Wednesday night as a harmful Class 2 storm that knocked out electrical energy to greater than 163,000 prospects and threatened widespread flooding because it despatched a probably lethal storm surge dashing inland alongside the Gulf Coast.
Francine crashed ashore in Terrebonne Parish, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of Morgan Metropolis, the Nationwide Hurricane Middle introduced at 4 p.m. CDT. Packing most sustained winds close to 100 mph (155 kph), the hurricane then battered a fragile coastal area that hasn’t fully recovered from a collection of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021.
Energy outages in Louisiana exceeded 163,000 hours after landfall, unfold extensively throughout southeast Louisiana. Hardest hit by the blackouts was Terrebonne Parish close to the place the storm’s middle hit land, in addition to neighboring St. Mary Parish that features Morgan Metropolis.
The weatherman from Fox Climate was stationed in Morgan Metropolis to report on the hurricane’s affect.
But it surely was a person wielding a large Trump flag working behind the weatherman throughout a reside broadcast that stole the present.
Out of nowhere, a person within the background appeared, sprinting with a huge Trump flag flapping within the wind.
His daring show of political help in the course of a pure catastrophe sparked rapid discomfort within the reporter, who hurriedly coated the digital camera.
WATCH:
HAHAHAHA. Weatherman covers the digital camera as Trump flag is waved within the background. pic.twitter.com/1UhxAMoYls
— Finish Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 12, 2024