Met Office Issues Apology for Accidental 'Threat to Life' Weather Alerts

Test warnings for severe weather were mistakenly sent to UK phone users due to a third-party system error.

Severe weather alerts warning of a 'significant threat to life' were mistakenly sent to UK phones on Thursday morning.
The alerts, which included warnings of high temperatures, snow, ice, and rain, were part of a test and not intended for public distribution.
The error occurred during routine testing with a third-party aggregator, which inadvertently published the test warnings on live systems.
The Met Office confirmed the test alerts have been removed and apologized for any confusion or inconvenience caused.
This incident follows previous technical issues with weather data systems, including erroneous extreme forecasts on the BBC Weather app in October.