The BBC apologized on Thursday for having announced, following a fault on its site, hurricanes in several places on the planet, including winds of nearly 22,000 km/h in London, and infernal temperatures, like 384 °C in New York.
According to the BBC, the night temperature in Nottingham, in the north of England, was expected to reach 404 degrees Celsius on Thursday. Even more so than in New York or Sydney where the thermometer was expected to rise to 378 degrees.
Rome was to be ravaged by winds of more than 8,500 km/h. In London, gusts were forecast at nearly 22,000 km/h. When the winds accompanying Hurricane Milton, which swept through Florida on Wednesday evening, reached 165 km/h.
“Don’t worry friends, Hurricane Milton has not reached us in the United Kingdom,” commented one of the BBC meteorologists Matt Taylor, on the social network X.
“Oops, don’t worry about some of the data on the BBC weather app this morning,” replied another presenter, Simon King. There will be no 14,000 mph winds or 404 degree temperatures overnight.”
In a statement, the BBC reported “data issues” on its app and website. “We are working hard to remedy this quickly.”
“We are very, very sorry about this situation,” she added.
