Greater Manchester warned of fog visibility below 100 metres
Manchester Evening News' forecast update draws an unusually fast audience as the Met Office warns of difficult journeys into Tuesday morning.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 44,284 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,842).
UK BRACES for travel CHAOS as Met Office issues yellow warning for DENSE FOG
The concern is getting around. A yellow fog warning covering Greater Manchester and parts of England and Wales brings the prospect of transport delays, with visibility forecast to fall below 100 metres at times overnight.
Manchester Evening News' short report sets out the warning running from Monday evening into Tuesday morning. Its map highlights Manchester and central England, while the wider affected area includes the Midlands, London, South East England and parts of Wales.
The video uses on-screen text, motorway footage and an aircraft landing in poor visibility to explain the potential disruption. These are illustrations of the warning, not confirmation that every journey shown has been affected. Despite the title's promise of "travel CHAOS", the forecast itself is more measured: delays and difficult travelling conditions are likely.
The upload reached roughly 34,000 views in fourteen hours, far ahead of the channel's usual start for Shorts. For those planning a morning journey, the report also gives the forecast's expected change: the Met Office says fog should thin and clear during Tuesday morning.
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Where next?
- Channel
- Manchester Evening News
- Subscribers
- 145,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 706,685
- Channel views, pace per day
- 61,583 (on a normal day: 100,625)
- Video published
- November 9, 2026
- Video views so far
- 33,987 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 44,284
The numbers
This fog update drew views much faster than Manchester Evening News' usual Shorts.
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Which weather service issued the warning in this report?
The report presents the Met Office's yellow warning for dense fog.


