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"Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for Wednesday
and Thursday in the face of extreme heat and humidity, while a red heat health
alert has been issued in England indicating “a risk to life for even the
healthy population”.
The weather warning covers southern Wales as far west as Swansea, and an area
of England that includes London and runs from the inland areas of Kent across
to Somerset, as far north-west as Birmingham, and as far north-east as southern
Cambridgeshire.
People in those areas have been told to take immediate action to keep
themselves safe as the UK prepares for dangerously high temperatures.
The UK Health Security Agency issued a red heat alert for six regions of
England.
The West Midlands and East Midlands, the south-east and south-west, London, and
the east of England are covered from 1am on Wednesday until 11pm on Thursday.
It is only the second red heat health alert to be issued. The first was in July
2022 when temperatures exceeded 40C (104F).
The “area now looks increasingly likely to see a two- to three-day period where
maximum temperatures in the shade exceed 37C, perhaps rising to 38 to 40C in
some places”, forecasters said. “The heat will be accompanied by high humidity,
exacerbating the potential for discomfort and health impacts, with very warm
and humid night times also reducing the ability for people to recover
overnight.
“Significant disruption to daily life is likely and the public should take
every effort to make precautions and adapt their daily routines where possible
to cope with these levels of heat, which up to now have been extremely rare for
the UK.”
An amber warning – serious in its own right – also incorporates almost all of
the rest of Wales, and most of the rest of England across to Cornwall, and up
to Yorkshire and Lancashire."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
