Meteorologist Has Mortifying On-Camera Moment While Flying Through Eye Of Hurricane Melissa

A meteorologist tried to knock him down with a tornado, but he ended up vomiting.

Matthew Cappucci, a meteorologist with the Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang, was caught on camera vomiting while flying through the eye of Hurricane Melissa.

Cappucci interviewed CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday and shared the disgusting footage — but Burnett pointed out that CNN had a good reason to let it air.

“I know you got sick on the plane,” Burnet said. “I mean, even though you’ve done this before, there was such terrible turmoil. You recorded it so everyone could understand the gravity of the situation.”

Cappucci described the experience as “very reminiscent of a roller coaster at night.”

“If you’ve ever been to Space Mountain at Disney World, you kind of know what it’s like,” Cappucci said. “You know it’s dark, you don’t know whether you’re going up, down, left or right. You’re being pushed back and forth everywhere.”

Even though Cappucci shared the footage to highlight the severity of the storm, he still clearly knows how strange the footage turned out to be because X had made fun of him on Monday.

“I’m vomiting on national TV. I think my television career has reached its peak” made a joke.

he added In the comments of post X: “Also rest assured, I was healed after 5 minutes. I knew what I was getting into and it was worth it 10 times over. 😂”

During an appearance on CNN, Cappucci explained that after “10 crazy minutes of turbulence,” once you reach the eye of the storm, everything suddenly “calms down.”

“And I have to say, it was one of the most breathtaking and also one of the most terrifying experiences I have ever had,” he said. “Even though it was night, the moon was illuminating what we call the stadium effect. Basically, you’re right in the middle of this atmospheric sink channel, and yet you’re looking up, around you, 360 degrees, at massive thunderstorms towering over you, spiraling around you, marking that eye wall.”

Cappucci made sure to add to CNN that Hurricane Melissa was more than just a surreal weather experience.

Cappucci said in the wake of the storm that “it will be very difficult for Jamaica to avoid a potentially serious humanitarian crisis.” “And I’ve been through a lot of storms. I’ve seen high-end hurricanes before, but it’s very rare for a hurricane of this magnitude to head into a place with 2.8 million people.”

Hurricane Melissa reached Jamaica at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour Tuesday As a Category 5 storm, it was one of the region’s strongest storms on record. Associated Press reported. It reached Cuba and Haiti on Wednesday morning, causing “significant damage” as it strengthened into a Category 3 storm. CNN said.

Although it is not yet clear how bad the situation is after the storm, authorities in Haiti said that about 20 people died overnight due to flooding and three bodies were found in Jamaica. The New York Times reported. Melissa was downgraded to a Category 2 storm as it moved towards the Bahamas.