GOOD Morning Britain fans have accused Susanna Reid of “scaremongering” following her grim take on the UK’s heatwave.
Susanna, 51, described the current hot spell as “frightening” as she shared footage of wild fires with viewers.
The GMB host said to weather forecaster Laura Tobin: “It’s quite frightening, isn’t it?
“As we were saying yesterday, these are scenes which other countries cope with but, you know, sometimes spread out of control – and that’s a real worry.”
Laura replied: “We haven’t even got going yet, things are going to get even more extreme.”
She continued: “We will have power supply issues – people will be trying to put air conditioning units in and there won’t be enough electricity.
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“We’ve already heard there are water shortages, low reservoir levels, people haven’t got enough drinking water. And with the extreme heat we’re seeing rails buckling and wildfires.”
Laura concluded: “There is a 30 per cent chance we will break our all-time temperature record and we’ve heard some people talk about 40C.
“This was my worst case scenario forecast for 2050 in climate change. What was once impossible is now not only possible, it is probable.
“There is a possibility we will reach 40C this weekend and that is why it is so concerning. “
Fans were unimpressed with Susanna and Laura’s remarks on the weather, however, and accused them of “scaremongering”.
One tweeted: “With all this scaremongering going on about this ‘heatwave’ I hope these presenters and weather girl go straight home and not sit out in the sun.”
Another moaned: “Yesterday it was banning school sport days due to the hot weather and today it’s spontaneous combustion of greenery near a beach! FFS #gmb stop scaremongering because the UK is eventually having a Summer.”
And a third wrote: “So #GMB are scaremongering about the bloody heat now?”
Susanna, who was co-hosting GMB with Ed Balls, began the segment by showing clips of a wildfire in Yorkshire.
“Six fire engines were called to that roaring inferno on the side of the A61 near Ripon,” Susanna said.
Ed added: “It was spotted by somebody driving up the road, as a passenger. They saw the fire and called the fire brigade. The country’s on fire!”
The Met Office has extended its current Amber “extreme” heatwave warning through the weekend as the sizzling 35C summer scorcher continues.
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Brits are being warned of “adverse health effects” from the heatwave set to stay until at least next Monday.
Temperatures could exceed 35C in the southeast and 32C over much of England, persisting into next week with the Met considering another Amber warning extension in the coming days.
