Hurricane Milton is advancing from the Gulf of Mexico towards Florida and the southern United States remains on alert. Visibly moved and almost on the verge of crying, the Renowned American meteorologist John Morales warned again in the last few hours about the phenomenon that he described as “incredible” and “horrible”.
“It’s an incredible, incredible, incredible hurricane“Morales said, with a broken voice and before apologizing for that contained emotion.
Morales, who is a presenter on NBC 6 South Florida, gave an account of the magnitude of Milton and repeated, over and over again, how “horrible” the phenomenon looked, which in the last few hours had reached category five when it passed through the Gulf of Mexico.
“It has dropped 50 millibars in 10 hours. I apologize. This it’s just horrible“he insisted, as best he could.
Morales took short breaks to breathe and insisted on the details of the hurricane’s advance. “Maximum sustained winds are 160 miles per hour. And it’s gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico, where the winds, I mean, The seas are incredibly, incredibly hot.. Record heat, as you can imagine,” he continued.
The presenter immediately focused on what he defined as the causes of phenomena like Milton: “You know what is driving that. I don’t need to tell you: global warming and climate change are leading to this and are becoming a growing threat to the Yucatan Peninsula, including Mérida, Progreso and other areas.”
It didn’t take long for that video to go viral and dozens of users on X replicated the television moment.
Morales’ defense: “It is a combination of anguish and concern”
Hours after his anguish was replicated on social media, Morales told why he was so moved. “It’s a combination of anguish and concern for the future victims of this monster of a hurricane,” he said.
The meteorologist specified that the greatest impact will be in Quintana Ro, in Mexico, and in Florida, United States, and assured that he feels “accumulated frustration” for years in which, as he specified, the impact of global warming is warned and not has done nothing.
Hurricane Milton. The release of meteorologist John Morales after his anguish went viral.
“When you see things that I have been talking about for two decades, that would cause global warming and climate change, this increase in extreme weather events and seeing them materialize and how nothing has been done to mitigate global warming, here we are,” he questioned. in statements to Telemundo.