--- title: Journalist Reports Live in Hail Storm in Funny video description: A little hail didn't deter this hero journalist from getting her story about severe weather out from Istanbul, Turkey canonical: https://time.com/4878336/reporter-hail-storm-video/ author: Catherine Trautwein article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-28T16:30:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:59.352Z og:title: Hero Journalist Toughs Out as She's Pummeled By Hail Storm og:description: "I can barely stand up," she said og:url: https://time.com/4878336/reporter-hail-storm-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta511dc063e76d376/6988d792bc6cfcd2293e26de/gettyimages-823537712-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4022 og:image:height: 2262 og:image:alt: Hailstorm in Turkey's Istanbul og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hero Journalist Toughs Out as She's Pummeled By Hail Storm twitter:description: "I can barely stand up," she said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta511dc063e76d376/6988d792bc6cfcd2293e26de/gettyimages-823537712-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marvel at This Hero Journalist Soldiering on as She's Pummeled By a Raging Hail Storm > Sponsored content. 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Ahmet Aydin—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Catherine Trautwein](https://time.com/author/catherine-trautwein/) ## Catherine Trautwein Jul 28, 2017 4:30 PM UTC A little hail didn’t deter this hero journalist from getting her story about severe weather out from Istanbul, Turkey. “I can barely stand up,” the reporter says in a video shared by ABC news. “Now a huge hailstorm is hitting Istanbul. I feel the pain of the hail on my body,” she adds, visibly wincing in a windbreaker while hail stones smack her in the head. The summer storm felled trees and caused flooding, and at least 3 people were hurt, according to the [Associated Press](http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/summer-storm-hits-istanbul-causing-floods-traffic-jams-48886617). The news anchor she shares the screen with, back at the studio, tells her to head for safety. “Just give us pictures,” he says. 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