A US television channel has rushed to the defence of one of its reporters after a Twitter post showing Mike Seidel "bracing for his life" against strong winds, while two others walked idly by, went viral.
Video footage posted by a Twitter user shows Mr Seidel, a meteorologist who has worked for The Weather Channel since 1992, broadcasting from Wilmington in North Carolina, which was being battered by the since-downgraded Hurricane Florence.
