article_snippet: A fake BBC weather forecast showed rain falling on the fictional village of Ambridge, near Birmingham .
article_snippet: BBC BBC put out fake tweets and warnings from the Environment Agency, as farmland around the fictional village became inundated with water - mirroring the flooding of the Somerset Levels this time last year.
article_snippet: Echoing the floods in Somerset last year, the BBC live coverage reported farmers rapidly trying to protect farmers land and even linked to a real-life account of floods in Worcester.
article_snippet: BBC BBC put out fake tweets and warnings from the Environment Agency, as farmland around Ambridge became inundated with water .
article_snippet: The rolling updates on the BBC website included a video  forecast by Midlands Today weather presenter Rebecca Wood, who warned people to be wary of floodwater and severe winds.
article_snippet: The programme's storyline mirrored the reality of the flooding of the Somerset Levels (pictured) last year .
article_snippet: Echoing the floods in Somerset last year, the BBC live coverage reported farmers rapidly trying to protect farmers land and even linked to a real-life account of floods in Worcester .
highlights_snippet: BBC website showed fake weather forecasts for fictional Midlands village .
  
highlights_snippet: Fans said online maps and graphics of floods