This happened when I was live with @GadiNBC on @NBCNewsNow. Two minutes earlier we were in the eye of #milton. Completely calm then suddenly the backside of the hurricane hit. A transformer blew behind us. That meant it was time to go in. Everyone okay. @NBCNews #sarasota pic.twitter.com/QikOWVsEeg
— Tom Llamas (@LlamasNBC) October 10, 2024
Llamas spoke about that frightening moment on Thursday morning during an NBC News Special Report, which aired from 6-6:10 a.m. ET.
“One minute it was calm and the next minute, the wind just suddenly picked up,” he recalled. “I didn’t see [the explosion]. I saw the flash. But the crew in front of us—I sort of saw their reaction. It was time to go in.”
ABC News’ David Muir and NBC News’ Lester Holt anchored their respective evening newscasts live from Florida on Wednesday. Holt has been in the region since Tuesday night and both he and Muir will continue to anchor live on location on Thursday.
CNN’s Brian Stelter notably singled out Fox Weather’s Hurricane Milton coverage for praise in his Reliable Sources newsletter. “Fox Weather is emerging as a serious rival to The Weather Channel,” he wrote in the Thursday edition. “The three-year-old network was just as compelling as The Weather Channel, if not more so.”
The network previously allowed TVNewser a peek behind the scenes during Hurricane Helene’s landfall two weeks ago.
Included in the newsletter:
We’re here and we’re only going to get better @foxweather https://t.co/2g2xTgQCfc pic.twitter.com/X0vZ5kkkRB
— Greg Diamond (@gdimeweather) October 10, 2024