There has been some concern from people in the North East this morning after the BBC weather app displayed hurricane force wind speeds for the North East.

This has been dismissed by the lead BBC weather presenter as a problem with the BBC weather data.

One Northern Echo reader sent in a picture of the weather forecast in Crook predicting hurricane winds.

(Image: Contributor) Today is expected to be a dry day and there is expected to be a drop in temperature  throughout the day.

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Simon King, lead weather presenter at the BBC, tweeted saying: "Oops, don't be alarmed by some of our BBC weather app data this morning.

"Be assured there won't be 14408mph winds, hurricane force winds or overnight temperatures of 404C.

"It is being looked at and hopefully sorted asap."