Top viral moments from FOX Weather live reporting this year

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While in the field reporting across America, FOX Weather meteorologists and weather correspondents experienced nature at its worst. Here’s a look back at the moments FOX Weather viewers watched the most.

FOX Weather teams covered all kinds of extreme weather events during 2024, from hurricanes to blizzards, from tornado outbreaks to historic floods. Coverage of the recovery from these disasters continues.

While in the field reporting across America, FOX Weather meteorologists and weather correspondents experienced nature at its worst. Here’s a look back at the moments FOX Weather viewers watched the most.

Lightning lights up the night sky during Hurricane Helene

FOX Weather Meteorologist Ian Oliver was in St. Pete Beach, Florida in September when Hurricane Helene made landfall north of his live recording location. In the dark of night, Oliver was blasted by the hurricane’s outer band and watched as the storm surge covered nearby vehicles. The sky lit up due to the wind knocking over a nearby transformer.

FOX Weather Meteorologist Ian Oliver and his team battle high winds and rain to report on storm surge rapidly entering St. Pete Beach, Florida, Thursday night. 26 September 2024.

The tree falls on the FOX Weather vehicle during Hurricane Milton

FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray always takes time during his preparation to cover a hurricane to ensure his shooting locations are safe from dangerous impacts. But while covering Hurricane Milton’s landfall, a tree crashed onto his vehicle in Bradenton, Florida.

FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray describes trying to clear debris after a tree fell near his live shooting location and the FOX Weather Beast during Hurricane Milton.

‘I’m getting emotional’: Helen’s devastation overwhelms FOX Weather meteorologist

In the days and months after Hurricane Helene dropped historic rainfall in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, FOX Weather crews were on the ground throughout the region covering the deadly devastation. FOX Weather Meteorologist Jane Minar spent a lot of time with families who lost everything from the flood.

“The devastation is really kind of hard to put into words because it’s such a large scale,” she said, reporting from Trade, Tennessee. “It’s everywhere. It’s down every road, it’s down every county highway, it’s down every state road. Roads are washed out and people are cut off.”

FOX weather meteorologist Jane Minar became emotional while reporting on the aftermath of Helene’s catastrophic flooding at a Tennessee family’s home.

Mike Seidel blasted by Hurricane Helene’s winds in Florida

Helene made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend on September 26 with winds of 140 mph. FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel can barely be seen or heard in the live hit below as the eyewall made landfall. Seidel said flashes of green electricity around him lit up the sky.

FOX Weather’s Mike Seidel is in Perry, Florida, where he says the amount of lightning from Hurricane Helene is unlike anything he’s ever seen.

FOX Weather tours Chimney Rock after Helene’s disastrous hit

A month after Helene, FOX Weather Correspondent Brandy Campbell and Robert Ray were in historic Chimney Rock, North Carolina, where the sounds of recovery could be heard all around them.

Campbell said each storm is different, but each hurricane season can continue to haunt the devastated areas.

FOX Weather Correspondents Robert Ray and Brandy Campbell walk down Main Street in Chimney Rock, North Carolina, one month after Hurricane Helene devastated the region, and reflect on the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the disaster that was Hurricane Helene and community resilience.

Bob Van Dillen rescues woman from Helene floods in Atlanta

Journalists strive to never become the story, but that is put aside when someone needs help.

This dramatic rescue got the most attention on FOX Weather’s YouTube pageand with good reason. On live national television, FOX Weather meteorologist Bob Van Dillen single-handedly rescued a woman from her car surrounded by floodwaters during an emergency in Atlanta created by Hurricane Helene’s rainfall.