BBC Breakfast: Carol details tech issues with BBC Weather app
BBC Breakfast fans were not too impressed following a blunder getting exposed on the show.
The morning series returned to screens on Saturday (October 12) - with Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt back at the helm. During the show, the hosts handed over to Samira Ahmed for the Newswatch segment.
During the discussion, a major blunder from BBC Breakfast earlier this week was brought up. On Thursday's show (October 10) Charlie and Naga Munchetty were chatting with weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood.
Naga brought to light an issue with the BBC weather app, which was erroneously displaying hurricane-strength wind warnings. Carol attempted to set the record straight for the viewers.
She explained: "Yes, I'm afraid we do have a technical glitch this morning and my apologies for this.
"Our technicians are working on it as fast as they can to sort it. But what you're looking at there, hurricane force winds are not happening, I stress that."
Fans were not happy at the time, writing to the Beeb to share their complaints. And during Saturday’s (October 12) Newswatch segment, host Samira Ahmed spoke about the blunder, recounting several people's frustration.
One person wrote in: "Has someone pressed the wrong button?" While while another wrote: "Have the Russians hacked the BBC website?" And a third mused: "This could be scary, especially for older folk."
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She also shared a comment, shared with Newsnight, from a BBC spokesperson about the gaffe. They said: "An issue with our third party supplier meant our weather app and website wrongly predicted hurricane wind speeds everywhere.
"We apologise for this and worked with our supplier to fix the issue as quickly as possible," they added.
But fans watching at home were fuming at people’s reaction to the gaffe. On X, one person said: “FFS......didn't people realise it was just a mistake on the BBC weather app?” Someone else added: “As if you believe those forecasts get a grip.”
