Good Morning Britain fans blasted ITV for an ‘unbelievably dangerous’ broadcast as their weather reporter was ‘thrown around by wind and rain’ in the middle of Storm Eowyn.

Nick Dixon, 53, was reporting to presenters Kate Garraway, 57, and Adil Ray, 50, from the Scottish coastal town of Largs on Friday morning to talk about the current red weather warnings.

Kate and Adil explained to viewers that millions have been urged to stay at home as the storm could bring ‘potentially life-threatening winds with it.’

The camera then cut to reporter Nick in West Scotland, who was in a blue rain coat with his hood up, struggling to speak as the winds proved too much for him.

A shocked Kate pointed out: ‘Goodness me, we almost don’t need to speak to you because we can see how much you’re under pressure from those winds.

‘And the red warning doesn’t even arrive until 10am, does it.’

Good Morning Britain fans blast ITV for ‘unbelievably dangerous’ broadcast as weather reporter ‘thrown around by wind and rain’ in middle of Storm Eowyn

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Nick Dixon, 53, was in West Scotland to report on the red weather warnings

She added: ‘Are you okay?’

A breathless Nick replied: ‘Yeah, I’m okay.

‘We’re relatively safe here and I could do with a coffee right now but the conditions have really intensified in the last hour.’

The journalist continued to struggle to stand as the wind knocked his balance.

Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to say the same thing about Nick’s safety.

One wrote on the social media platform: ‘The advice is “stay indoors” “stay away from waters” “do not travel” – serious risk to life and that’s why we sent our best people out to report from the worst and most dangerous areas around the country #GMB #StormÉowyn.’

A second chimed in: ‘Poor Nick looks like he’s gonna blow away.’

Viewers watching at home all said the same thing about the journalists reporting outside in the wind – despite the red weather warning

A third fumed: ‘”Avoid the coast” the RED weather warning says. #gmb I know… let’s put our reporter and crew by the coast. Shocking lack of care for your staff.’

A fourth added: ‘Deadly storm, risk to life and everyone’s warned to stay home.. So we’ll send our weather reporter out to stand on the coast where he can barely stand up in the wind.’

‘#gmb absolutely irresponsible reporting this morning. Having any reporter out in a red weather warning areas is ridiculous. Safety first – why are your reporters any different than the rest of the population being told to stay indoors?? #Eowyn,’ a fifth tweeted.

A sixth said: ‘Red warning – danger to life. Let’s make our reporter stand out in it #GMB.’

Nick continued to report from the coast of Scotland throughout Friday’s instalment of the ITV show.

At the start of the programme Nick told viewers: ‘The wind is really picking up here this morning in Scotland.

‘Already gusting  over 65 miles per hour and remember more than half the country will be impacted by this red weather warning by 10am.’

Meteorologist Laura Tobin told viewers: ‘I just want to point out that anybody who thinks it’s not that bad, it is just starting. It is just arriving across the west coast of Republic of Ireland.

‘You see how windy it is for Nick Dixon, it is set to get significantly stormier where he and across of the northern half of the UK.’ 

Nick took to his X account to share just how strong the winds are where he is. 

At 7am, he posted a video of waves crashing against the wall where he was for the segment.

He said: ‘Very strong winds here in Largs on the firth of Clyde this morning. Gusts of up to 70mph so far as #StormÉowyn moves in to Scotland.’

Just before the show was about to wrap up, Nick told Kate and Adil: ‘It is getting worse. It’s horrendous.’

He added: ‘The winds have been intensifying.’