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The Met Office uses a wide variety of media in order to inform the public of any warnings that have been issued. Television and radio are still the main way that people keep up-to-date with the weather so the Met Office uses the weather broadcasts on terrestrial television and radio stations to highlight significant weather warnings.
The Toronto observatory ended in 1853, but the colonial government of the province of Canada took over the service and continued collecting climate data. On May 1, 1871, the new Dominion of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of the University of Toronto to establish a ...
The Met Office and other weather services have three colour coded warning levels: Yellow: Be aware. Possible travel delays, or the disruption of your day-to-day activities. Amber: Be prepared. Could cause road and rail closures, interruption to power, and the potential risk to life and property. Red: Take action. Widespread damage, travel and ...
People living in the Midwest and Northeast were warned of a worsening air quality index throughout the week due to smoke from the Canadian wildfires
The forecaster has warned of a danger to life from strong winds and possible flying debris.
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The National Weather Service issues a similar high wind warning (Specific Area Message Encoding code: HWW) for high winds on land. The criteria vary from place to place; however, in most cases, the warning applies to winds of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) to 73 miles per hour (117 km/h) for at least 1 hour; or any gusts of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h) to 114 miles per hour (183 km/h) on land.
Several weather warnings have been issued across the UK as fresh ice and 75mph winds are set to hit the country.. The Met Office has put in place two yellow weather alerts in parts of the country ...