As thousands of Texans are evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey, journalists and weather reporters are staying-put or even flocking to the area to cover the major storm from the front lines.
National and local outlets have stationed their reporters in cities along the Gulf Coast including Corpus Christi and Galveston, right where Harvey is expected to stall even into next week.
Already, some television reporters are feeling the effects of the Category 4 hurricane on-air as they broadcast their coverage to viewers.
As thousands of Texans are evacuating ahead of Hurricane Harvey, journalists and weather reporters are staying-put or even flocking to the area to cover the major storm from the front lines
National and local outlets have stationed their reporters in cities along the Gulf Coast including Corpus Christi and Galveston, right where Harvey is expected to stall even into next week
This Fox News reporter was drenched head to toe as he covered the storm from Corpus Christi on Friday afternoon
One Fox News reporter donned top-to-bottom rain gear with much of his face covered as he reported from Corpus Christi on Friday afternoon, displaying the strong winds and intense rain in the coastal city.
Also in Corpus Christi, CNN correspondent Martin Savidge lost his baseball hat to the violent winds.
CBS Dallas Fort Worth reporter Don Champion struggled to keep his eyes open against the strong winds and rain as he reported on Hurricane Harvey live near the water, while an ABC 13 Houston reporter got caught near a wave.
Also in Corpus Christi, CNN correspondent Martin Savidge lost his baseball hat to the violent winds
Some local channels and outlets have even prepared their reporters by bringing in food and air mattresses into their offices so the journalists can devote more time to covering the storm
Some local channels and outlets have even prepared their reporters by bringing in food and air mattresses into their offices so the journalists can devote more time to covering the storm.
‘We’re prepositioning reporters and photographers, stocking up on food and water and other prep work,’ Mike Leary, the editor of the San Antonio Express-News told CNN.
Managing editor Jamie Stockwell wrote to staffers saying: ‘This is an all-hands-on-deck situation. Our readers are depending on us for live coverage through the weekend.’
MSNBC scheduled live coverage of Hurricane Harvey overnight Friday and plans to stay live until 11pm on Saturday
CNN correspondent Ed Lavandera braces himself against the Category 4 storm in Galveston, Texas, on the coast
This ABC 13 Houston reporter was caught up near a wave while he covered the storm on Friday
The Victoria Advocate, a newspaper covering Victoria, Texas, will not print a paper Friday night, but will lay out the pages for the ‘e-edition’ online.
‘People who left are still concerned about their homes and want to know about that,’ Advocate editor in chief Chris Cobler told CNN.
The newspaper had four reporters at the emergency operations center in the area and around 12 staffers who planned to sleep at the newspaper’s offices until the storm is over.
CBS Dallas Fort Worth reporter Don Champion squinted through the downpour as he reported live back to the studio
He struggled to keep his eyes open against the strong rain and winds coming from Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey was almost the only thing that was covered by cable news channels on Friday
Major outlets even allotted more time for storm coverage than usual, including live coverage from the Weather Channel, which started their special report at 5am Friday ‘until further notice’
Hurricane Harvey was almost the only thing that was covered by cable news channels on Friday, CNN reported.
Major outlets even allotted more time for storm coverage than usual.
ABC scheduled six hours of storm coverage early Saturday morning from 5am to 11am ET and CNN, Fox News and MSNBC will have live coverage of the storm overnight and MSNBC even plans to stay live with the storm until 11pm Saturday.
Meanwhile, the Weather Channel started reporting live on the storm at 5am Friday and have said they will remain live ‘until further notice’.