Met Office warns Brits of ‘important menace to life’ in climate testing blunder
The Met Office is warning Brits there is a “significant threat to life” due to severe heat in a weather testing blunder.
Phone notifications warned of severe weather events including high temperatures, snow, ice and rain in different parts of the country on Thursday. The test alerts, which were made by a third party, were not intended to be seen by the public.
One person on social media shared a screenshot of an alert warning of “severe high temperature” next to the forecast of 4c in Stockport.
The Met Office, which is responsible for weather warnings in the UK, said the test warnings are being removed.
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Some warnings told recipients to “take action immediately”.
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A Met Office spokesperson said: “We are aware of an issue where some test weather warnings are being displayed on some websites and apps.
“We are working with partners to ensure these test warnings are being removed and we are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
It is unclear how many people received the warnings, but some of those who had took it straight to X.
“Why did I randomly get a severe weather alert? What’s going on?” one person wrote.
Another added: “Severe high temperature warning when currently 4c in the #Lakedistrict.”
A similar incident happened with BBC weather in October when warnings were accidentally issued of hurricanes and showed estimated wind speeds of 13,508mph in London.
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