The BBC has issued a statement after "hurricane force winds" have been forecast for Oldham.

The  BBC weather app and website has shown the hurricane force winds across the country coming form the north east.

However, it has now been explained that the BBC Weather website and app are suffering a data fault issue.

Oldham is set for hurricane force winds according to BBC Weather's websiteOldham is set for hurricane force winds according to BBC Weather's website (Image: BBC)

Presenter Matt Taylor said in a post on X: "Don't be alarmed folks - Hurricane Milton hasn't made it to us here in the UK! There's been a data glitch between our suppliers and the app/online. Folk are working to solve the issue."

BBC Weather apologised and said it is working hard to fix the problem.

In another post, presenter Simon King said: "Oops, don’t be alarmed by some of our BBC Weather app data this morning."

In a statement, BBC Weather said: "We have an issue with some of the weather data from our forecast provider which is generating incorrect numbers and text on our BBC Weather app and website.

"It’s mainly been impacting wind readings but some temperatures are also displaying wrongly.

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"We recognise there is huge interest in weather today and this is incredibly frustrating.

"We are really, really sorry about this and working very hard to fix the problem."

A BBC spokesperson also apologised and said it was working with its supplier to fix the issue as soon as possible.