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&34;It's all bad news,&34; John Morales lamented while discussing the category 5 storm making landfall in Jamaica. Meteorologist struggles to hold it together r

"It's all bad news," John Morales lamented while discussing the category 5 storm making landfall in Jamaica.

Meteorologist struggles to hold it together reporting on deadly Hurricane Melissa: 'Oh my Jesus Christ'

"It's all bad news," John Morales lamented while discussing the category 5 storm making landfall in Jamaica.

By Mekishana Pierre

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As Hurricane Melissa rages across Jamaica, even those reporting the news have been struck by the severity of the storm that has officially been marked a category 5 — the highest category on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

John Morales, a meteorologist with NBC New York, is going viral for his raw reaction during an on-air segment before the storm made landfall Tuesday. In a clip posted to social media, Morales' fellow meteorologist Adam Berg shared that a new advisory had been released by the National Hurricane Center.

Berg relayed that the storm's maximum sustained winds had reached "180 [mph] now," before Morales asked him to share the latest barometric pressure of the eye of the approaching hurricane — an indicator of how strong a storm will be.**

"Pressure is now down to 896 [mb]," Berg responded. A beat passed, during which Morales was visibly astonished. "Oh my Jesus Christ," the meteorologist uttered as he rubbed at his forehead. "All right, I'm going to hold it together here."

Looking to the camera, Morales explained: "896 millibars is is stronger than Hurricane Milton when it made that run last year. Remember, my viral moment last year?"

The moment in question was when Morales had a similar reaction while providing updates on Milton during a telecast last October. "I apologize — this is just horrific," he said as tears appeared to well up in his eyes.**

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Milton was a category 3 storm, resulting in a tornado outbreak in east-central Florida that damaged buildings and power lines. The hurricane was directly responsible for 15 deaths and indirectly responsible for 27 deaths, according to Florida station WINK-TV.

As Tuesday afternoon, Hurricane Melissa had been categorized as the most powerful in the Atlantic Ocean this year, per the *New York Times*.

"This is all history," Morales told viewers of Melissa also being the largest hurricane to come so late during hurricane season. "It's all bad news."**

Satellite image of Hurricane Mellisa.

The Associated Press reported that the storm has already claimed the lives of at least seven people in the northern Caribbean. The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory for Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos Islands, warning of "catastrophic winds" and the "last chance to protect your life."

"Conditions deteriorating in Jamaica as extremely dangerous category 5 Melissa slowly approaches," the organization said. "Catastrophic winds, flash flooding and storm surge expected on the island today… Failure to adequately shelter may result in serious injury, and loss of life."

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Hurricane Melissa is expected to drench Jamaica before coming ashore in Cuba and then heading toward the Bahamas.

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