Urgent notifications from the Met Office warning of “severe weather” were accidentally sent to phones across the country.
The alert warned Brits of a “significant threat to life” due to “high temperatures” until 11.59pm on Friday, November 29.
For some, this warning was then followed by and in tandem with another alert, for a very different kind of weather event, LancsLive reports. This second alert reads: “Severe snow or ice warning until 23.59.”
The Met Office has now said users received it because of a testing error.
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