People across the UK woke to warnings of 'hurricane force winds' of over 5,000mph due to a glitch in the BBC's weather app.
In Glasgow on Thursday morning winds were reported at 4,700mph while on the Ayrshire coast the forecast called for speeds of 5418mph.
Those speeds would be higher than those found on HD 189733 b, a planet outside of the solar system and would be seven times the speed of sound.
The highest wind speed ever recorded on earth was 253mph on Barrow Island in Australia during a tropical storm.
The Met Office weather for Glasgow has winds of 5mph, with gusts of up to 15mph.
Some areas also reported temperatures of 404°C which is comparable to the temperature on the surface of Venus.
The BBC said: "While the US is experiencing high winds as a result of Hurricane Milton, BBC Weather users may see reports of high winds on this side of the Atlantic. These are incorrect.
"There is currently a problem with BBC Weather data, with our teams working to fix the problem as soon as possible."
BBC broadcast meteorologist Matt Taylor assured the public that Hurricane Milton, the category three storm that made landfall in Florida overnight, was not on its way to the UK.
“Don’t be alarmed folks – Hurricane Milton hasn’t made it to us here in the UK!”, he wrote on X alongside a screenshot of an extreme prediction on the weather app.
“There’s been a data glitch between our suppliers and the app/online. Folk are working to solve the issue.
“No need to panic buy plywood and candles.”
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