THOUSANDS of phones have pinged with an Emergency Alert as a rare red weather warning was issued ahead of Storm Goretti.

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The Met Office has issued its most severe weather warning to half a million UK phones as Storm Goretti approaches the coast ...

The Cabinet Office said that it is issuing two emergency alerts to the phones of those in affected areas, with around half a ...