Watch: Weather Channel Meteorologist Jim Cantore Almost Impaled by Hurricane Michael Debris During Live Shot

A meteorologist was almost impaled by flying debris while broadcasting about Hurricane Michael from Panama Beach, Florida, on Wednesday.

Jim Cantore, a veteran meteorologist from The Weather Channel, was live just before 1 p.m. in the storm, standing outside. Hurricane Michael had just breached land as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm.

"It's relentless! I mean ..." Cantore can be heard saying in the video before suddenly going quiet and ducking to the right as winds blast through him. One moment later, a piece of wood can be seen shooting through the air just where Cantore was standing before it disappears.

The storm has downgraded to a tropical storm since making impact on the Florida Panhandle and the Big Bend Region on Wednesday. As of Thursday, there is a storm surge watch in effect for Ocracoke Inlet North Carolina to Duck North Carolina and a tropical storm warning is in effect for the Altamaha Sound Georgia to Duck North Carolina, and the Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stated in a release on Thursday.

The tropical storm is causing gale to storm-force winds over portions of southeastern Virginia, northeastern North Carolina, and the Delmarva Peninsula as Michael becomes post-tropical off the Mid-Atlantic coast late Thursday night or early Friday morning, according to NOAA. The storm is also expected to produce rainfall of four to seven inches from eastern Georgia to the southern Mid-Atlantic states and one to three inches over the northern Mid-Atlantic states and
coastal southern New England, NOAA reported. There could also be isolated maximum amounts of nine inches of rain in North Carolina and Virginia.

Tornadoes could also strike as tropical storm Michael rages on. Isolated tornadoes are possible on Thursday over portions of eastern South Carolina, eastern and central North Carolina, and southeast Virginia, according to NOAA.

The dangerous storm has caused the death of an 11-year-old girl. The winds from the storm tore through a mobile carport in Seminole County, Georgia, and crashed through the roof of the family's home, causing the child to be hit in the head.

Emergency Management Agency Director Travis Brooks told WALB that the crews had trouble clearing the area and reaching the girl. They were finally able to reach the girl at 1:50 a.m. on Thursday, WALB reported.