BBC Breakfast's Jon Kay issues warning as he begins show with 'breaking news'

BBC Breakfastkicked off with 'breaking news' on Monday (4 August), as Jon Kay and Luxmy Gopal delivered the morning's top stories and developments to viewers.

Jon launched the BBC programme with a pressing weather bulletin, announcing that Storm Floris is poised to grip regions throughout the United Kingdom during the course of the day.

"Morning everybody. It's Monday, 4th August and Storm Floris is set to hit Scotland, northern England, North Wales and Northern Ireland today, with winds of up to 85 miles per hour forecast for higher ground and some coastal areas," Jon informed television audiences.

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Luxmy, standing in for Sally Nugent, continued: "A Met Office yellow warning has just come into effect, as forecasters warn of unusually windy weather for this time of year."

Jon warned that Scottish residents should brace themselves for harsh conditions, stating: "Meanwhile, an amber warning, meaning there's a danger to life, will also be in place for some parts of Scotland from 10 o'clock this morning."

Jon briefly passed over to BBC senior journalist Alice Key, before fellow reporter Mairead Smyth took the reins, broadcasting live from Preston train station to show viewers how the weather was affecting railway services.

Nevertheless, it was Jamie Mcivor, BBC's Scotland correspondent, who delivered critical alerts for BBC audiences as he provided the most recent weather updates from the seaside town of Gourock, reports the Express.

Jamie, braving the elements, reported: "Well, as you can see, it's certainly wet and miserable at the moment. There has been a night of heavy rainfall in much of Scotland and some difficult driving conditions.

"But, of course, it's the severe wind later which is going to cause the major disruption."

He continued with details about the impending weather chaos: "The amber weather warning, due to come into force at 10 o'clock this morning, covering much of Scotland from Central Belt up, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Tayside, the Northeast and Highland areas off the west coast."

Highlighting the impact on travel, Jamie noted: "The big effect of the severe weather will be travel disruption, there will be no trains north of the Central Belt from 12pm onwards."

BBC Breakfast viewers were left scratching their heads over why Jamie was delivering his live update amidst the stormy conditions, with some branding the move as "pointless".

On social media platform X, one viewer criticised: " #bbcbreakfast are really over hyping the normal wet and windy day that Scotland is going to have today. Daft BBC presenter Jamie McIvor is pointlessly standing out in the rain."

Another viewer suggested: "The weather reporter might wants to go inside (health and safety and all that)," while another expressed bafflement: "I will never understand why you send reporters out to somewhere that has a treat to life warning."

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