The website for the National Weather Service (NWS), which is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), suffered a major malfunction on Thursday leading to the false appearance of a biblical flood warning spanning from Canada (which the NWS doesn't even have responsibility over) south to Florida, and west to Michigan
The malfunction, which began around midday ET, affected local NWS websites — key conduits for disseminating life-saving watches and warnings
Screenshot taken at 1:45 pm ET on April 10, showing the huge, false, flood warning in green.
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