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After law enforcement receives a complaint, information must be gathered and confirmed before an alert can be put out. For an Amber Alert to be issued there must be enough physical evidence that a ...

What does it mean? Those receiving the emergency alert are within areas affected by the Met Office's red weather warning for wind.

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