An NBC News photographer battled wind gusts of 100mph as he reported from Florida amid Hurricane Idalia’s landfall.<br /><br />Paul Rigney was on the ground in Perry at just after 8am on Wednesday 30 August when he was nearly blown off his feet.<br /><br />“The gust was so severe it lifted me, my camera and tripod off the ground. Hence the wobble halfway through,” Mr Rigney tweeted, responding to a video shared on Twitter of his report.<br /><br />He also explained that a billboard close to him “collapsed” in “roaring” winds.
