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X labeled AccuWeather’s Hurricane Beryl map as misinformation. Meteorologists worry it could cost lives
The forecasting company relies on a team of 100 meteorologists who use weather data from NOAA, NASA and other national sources
AccuWeather meteorologists say X labeled their projected Hurricane Beryl path as “false information” but allowed other obvious misinformation on the site - a decision that could cost lives. The forecasting company beat every other agency by almost 30 hours with a prediction nearly identical to the National Hurricane Center’s, according to John Porter, senior vice president and chief meteorologist for AccuWeather. Officials received “widespread reports of destruction and devastation in Carriacou and Petite Martinique,” Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said on Monday.
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