WDIV-TV meteorologist Kim Adams has revealed she is dealing with “serious health issues” in a statement that she shared on social media and the Local 4 News website.
“In recent months, I have been dealing with some serious health issues that have caused me to seek care at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio,” wrote Adams. “Because of my ongoing condition, I have had to be off the air for periods of time.”
Adams went on to indicate she went public with her health issues to thank viewers for “the outpouring of support” and concern. Although she didn’t go into any specifics on her condition, she said she would do her best to provide updates.
Adams, an Emmy-winning TV journalist, became the first woman to be an on-air meteorologist in Detroit TV news in 1997. After leaving WDIV in 2009, she returned to what is now called the 4WarnWeather team in 2022.
The veteran meteorologist is a breast cancer survivor who works closely with New Day Foundation for Families to help cancer patients with their financial needs.
In 2017, before she rejoined WDIV, she shared her story with the station about being a single mother of five who had moved her family back to Detroit and was running Kim Adams Productions when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. After initially being told that she was fine, she followed her instincts and persistently sought more opinions.
The Oakland University alum got her master’s degree in broadcasting and film from Wayne State University and studied thermodynamics and dynamics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School in Washington, D.C., and synoptic meteorology at Ohio State University, according to her WDIV biography.
She previously was an intern at WJR-AM and also worked in broadcast news in Zanesville and Columbus, Ohio and Detroit’s WXYZ-TV.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit’s WDIV meteorologist Kim Adams reveals she’s dealing with ‘serious health issues’
Reporting by Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press / Detroit Free Press
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