Weather presenter stops report mid-broadcast after suffering panic attack live on-air

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A weather presenter was forced to stop his broadcast when he suffered a panic attack live on-air.

ABC News Breakfast presenter Nate Byrne alerted his colleagues Lisa Millar and Michael Rowland, telling them he needed to take a break after feeling the onset of a panic attack on Tuesday (13 August).

Byrne said: “I’m actually going to need to stop for a second.

“Some of you may know that I occasionally get affected by some panic attacks, and actually that’s happening right now.”

Millar mentioned a piece Byrne had written two years ago about experiencing panic attacks on air, and said: I reckon we might re-up it so you can have a bit of a read because it’s fantastic .”