While covering Hurricane Lane in Hawaii, BBC reporter James Cook was luck he wasn’t killed after a large tree fell on him during a broadcast. Here’s the audio where you can hear the tree fall like some fake sound effect in a movie:
? @BBCJamesCook, North America correspondent, hit by tree during radio report about Hurricane Lane in Hawaii.
Update: He’s okay. pic.twitter.com/sBgTkp8t23
— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) August 24, 2018
The BBC later posted this photo of Cook climbing out of the tree:
Here he is! Climbing out the tree. ?
Completely unrelated to this incident (he assures us), @BBCJamesCook will be returning to Scotland as chief news correspondent for nightly 9pm bulletin on the new @BBCScotlandNews channel pic.twitter.com/8Lto9Athmm
— BBC News Press Team (@BBCNewsPR) August 24, 2018
Sheesh. It’s only a matter of time before a storm kills one of these disaster tourists putting themselves in danger for ratings. Some more damage on Maui:
Here’s a photo taken today, Aug. 24, showing some of the damage in Olinda due to the impact of #HurricaneLane passing near the Hawaiian Islands. As of 8 a.m. today, the hurricane is a Category 2 system. We're still expecting major impacts the storm passes through the weekend. pic.twitter.com/AKFRo4S4in
— Maui Electric (@MauiElectric) August 24, 2018
Cook later posted this photo of a fire on Maui, but from a safe distance:
BREAKING It’s just after 4am here on Maui and this is the view from our hotel — a wildfire is being driven by Hurricane Lane, forcing the evacuation of a storm shelter.#HurricaneLane #Lane pic.twitter.com/6apoWQP4Jd
— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) August 24, 2018
And now they’re hoping the hurricane will put out the fire:
A whirling wildfire on Maui has some on the popular tourism island of Hawaii hoping the rain from Hurricane Lane arrives quickly. Story: https://t.co/NL42IEgmEM pic.twitter.com/YHpZ3IknY3
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) August 24, 2018
Lane has thankfully weakened over the past 24 hours, but it’s still a MAJOR rain threat:
Here's the latest on Hurricane #Lane #wis10 pic.twitter.com/SRwd9r0HAW
— Kevin Arnone (@Kevin_Arnone) August 24, 2018
Honolulu on Oahu is preparing for evacuations just in case:
Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell urges people to be ready to evacuate, but says he won’t order evacuations unless necessary. "We will try to help wherever we can… we could do mandatory evacuations, but we're not going to do that unless we see the worst of the worst.” #hurricanelane
— Michelle Broder Van Dyke (@MBVD) August 24, 2018
Of particular concern is the Ala Wai canal, which is fed by 3 streams that eventually leads to the ocean through downtown Honolulu. The fear is that it floods from the mountains and the sea at the same time causing a massive flood in the city:
It's never been a question of whether the Ala Wai Canal will overflow, but when. Here's what the @CorpsHonolulu thinks the 100-year flood could look like when it hits Honolulu. pic.twitter.com/76AnpGszIG
— Anita Hofschneider (@ahofschneider) August 24, 2018
We’ll keep you posted.
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