Met Office is SLAMMED over its 'confusing' yellow alerts ahead of Storm Bert - as experts claim the agency underplayed weather that left four dead Last month, Storm Bert swept through the country, leaving at least four people dead and hundreds of homes flooded.
Pictured: mobile homes flooded in Northampton, England after Storm Bert] The meeting minutes show the Met Office had seen evidence suggesting people did not heed yellow weather warnings almost eight months before the deadly storm hit.
The Met Office has been slammed for issuing confusing weather warnings ahead of the deadly Storm Bert which swept the country in November leaving hundreds flooded and five dead.
Since people don't know this, the public can underestimate the danger of a storm warning] But it has now been revealed that the Met Office was warned as early as April that the current warning system might not be effective.
The Met Office has now been slammed for its confusing weather warnings ahead of the storm's arrival.