{"id":19470,"date":"2024-11-28T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19470"},"modified":"2024-11-28T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T16:59:06","slug":"met-office-threat-to-life-hot-weather-alerts-accidentally-sent-to-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19470","title":{"rendered":"Met Office 'threat to life' hot weather alerts accidentally sent to phones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The test warnings very visible to Apple users on Thursday morning<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Severe weather alerts warning of a “significant threat to life” appeared on phones across the UK due to a testing error, the Met Office has said.<\/p>\n

Notifications warned of severe weather events including high temperatures, snow, ice and rain in different parts of the country on Thursday. The test alerts, issued by a third party aggregator, were not intended to be public facing.<\/p>\n

Some warnings told recipients to “take action immediately” but also included description text that referred to it being a test warning.<\/p>\n

The Met Office, which is responsible for weather warnings in the UK, confirmed the test warnings had now been removed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Information contained in the alerts explained that the Met Office test warnings had been issued via a meteorological aggregator that sends weather alerts to a number of places including Apple devices.<\/p>\n

It is thought that the testing error occurred during this aggregation process.<\/p>\n

A Met Office spokesperson said: “We are aware of an issue where some test weather warnings were displaying on some websites and apps, we\u2019ve worked with partners to ensure these test warnings have now been removed.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re sorry for any inconvenience, there are currently no Met Office Severe Weather Warnings in force as of 14:00 Thursday 28 November.”<\/p>\n

It is unclear how many people received the warnings, but many posted on X to say they had seen them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The alert’s description referred to it being a test warning, as well as detailing a “significant threat to life”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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On Apple devices, users have to manually allow severe weather warning alerts to be sent as notifications to their phones. This is done through the phone’s weather app.<\/p>\n

Many parts of the UK have seen disruptive weather over the last week as Storm Bert hit, causing flooding, strong winds and snowfall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a dry and cold day for most of the country on Thursday, forecasters say that spells of heavy rain could hit some areas later in the evening.<\/p>\n

In October, a fault with the BBC Weather website and app<\/a> led to incorrect forecasts of impossibly high wind speeds.<\/p>\n

Graphics warned of hurricanes and showed estimated wind speeds of 13,508mph in London and 5,293mph in Rome, as well as temperatures of 404C in Nottingham and 384C in New York.<\/p>\n

The issue was caused by a data issue with a third-party supplier and was later fixed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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