BBC reporter Laura Trevelyan is hit in the face by a sudden snow drift on to camera in Washington DC

This is the moment a BBC journalist is hit in the face by a sudden snow drift as she tries to do a piece to camera.

Reporter Laura Trevelyan was caught by the swift blizzard as it blew across her in Washington DC on January 6.

The cameraman roared with laughter while the Beeb star was forced to duck out of view to cover her mouth and eyes.

The British-born journalist had been in the city to do a piece on the first anniversary of the Capitol riot.

The day marked a year since supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol building to try to overrule the 2020 election result.

Ms Trevelyan started her piece with a background on the shocking events of a year ago – unaware of the snow drift sweeping in.

She makes it 20 seconds into her script before she is blow off course by a huge flurry of snow that smacks her in the face.

A cameraman can be heard laughing loudly while the journalist ducks away from the onslaught.

The thick flurry obscured the view of the Capitol and left Ms Trevelyan covered in snow

She says ‘oh God’ to her camera operator before leaving the shot in order to find cover.

The BBC reporter posted the footage to her 11,700 Twitter followers and poked fun at her misfortune.

The footage has been viewed over 100,000 times on the social media website. 

Ms Trevelyan is one of BBC’s foremost US reporters, having been the Corporation’s United Nations correspondent between 2006 and 2009.

She became a US citizen in 2016, a day after the presidential race was called for Donald Trump.

The BBC reporter had to leave the shot in order to find cover from the forceful snowy winds