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Met Office 'threat to life' hot weather alerts sent in error

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Summary
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80% Informative

Notifications warned of severe weather events including high temperatures, snow, ice and rain.

The test alerts were issued by a third party aggregator, not intended to be seen by the public.

The Met Office confirmed the test warnings had now been removed.

It is unclear how many people received the warnings, but many posted on social media to say they had seen them.

VR Score

78

Informative language

73

Neutral language

79

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

47

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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