Meteorologist Chokes up on Air While Reporting on Hurricane Milton: ‘Just Horrific’ [Video]

A clip of NBC 6 South Florida meteorologist John Morales reporting on Hurricane Milton is going viral on social media as many viewers share his raw emotion. On Monday, Morales was reporting on the storm’s intensity and its projected path when his voice broke and he momentarily lost composure. To many commenters, he embodied the fear in the local community and the frustration over climate change disasters.

Morales explained some of the conditions that make Milton an “incredible, incredible hurricane” – particularly the unusually hot seawater fueling it. He said: “It has dropped 50 milibars in 10 hours,” then paused as he choked up. He went on: “I apologize, this is just horrific. It is just gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico, where you can imagine the seas are just so incredibly, incredibly hot. A record hot, as you might imagine. You know what’s driving that, I don’t need …