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North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service declared a major incident on Tuesday 19 July 2022 and stood it down the same day, after taking 172 emergency calls and attending 57 incidents.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service declared a major incident on Tuesday 19 July 2022 after a surge in fires in the open during extreme heat, the first such declaration in decades.
The National Fire Chiefs Council reports that 84 wildfires were recorded across 18 and 19 July 2022, the year's hottest days, with 14 fire and rescue services declaring major incidents.
The Met Office has confirmed provisional national temperature records for Wales and Scotland during the July 2022 heatwave, with 37.1°C at Hawarden Airport and 35.1°C at Floors Castle.
The UK recorded its first red warning for extreme heat during an unprecedented heatwave from 16 to 19 July 2022, when temperatures reached 40.3°C in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
The Met Office issued its first ever heat related red weather warning for Suffolk for 18 and 19 July 2022, with temperatures in the county reaching almost 40 degrees, Suffolk County Council said.
Ambulance services and charities are urging defibrillator guardians to register their devices on the national database The Circuit, aiming to pass 50,000 mapped devices and reach around 70,000 by the…
The UK Health Security Agency has published advice on staying safe during an extended period of extreme heat, naming the groups most at risk and setting out the signs of heat exhaustion and…
The Met Office extended an Amber Extreme heat warning to cover Sunday 17 and Monday 18 July 2022 for much of England and Wales, with temperatures possibly above 35°C in the southeast and around 32°C…
A campaign to raise awareness of new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules across the UK launched on 11 July 2022, sponsored by the four gas distribution networks and running until 28 August 2022.
South Central Ambulance Service declared a critical incident on Monday 11 July 2022 because of pressure on its services, warning of delays for patients with less urgent needs.
South East Water asked customers to be mindful of water use on 11 July 2022 as hot weather pushed demand beyond expected levels, causing pressure drops in parts of its network.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a new Amber wildfire alert for the coming days, asking people to take extra care with camp fires, bonfires and barbecues during hot, dry weather.
A Level 3 heat-health alert was in place for southeastern England and a Level 2 alert for much of the rest of England in early July 2022, as NHS England warned of health risks to vulnerable patients.
The Met Office said on 6 July 2022 that high pressure would bring warm, dry weather to the UK, with temperatures possibly reaching the low 30s Celsius in parts of England and Wales by Tuesday.
The Met Office issued its first ever Red warning for extreme heat during the July 2022 heatwave, after its longest-range Amber warning with a six day lead time, as temperatures reached 40.3°C at…
England recorded its driest July since 1935, the Met Office has said, with water companies managing what the industry body called unprecedented demand and some suppliers asking customers to cut…
The Met Office issued the UK's first ever Red Extreme Heat warning for parts of England, with an Amber warning covering much of England, Wales and southern Scotland, as temperatures exceeded 40°C for…
Oxfordshire County Council reports that Oxfordshire reached a record-breaking maximum temperature of 38.1 °C in July 2022, in an official account of climate risk that also records the county's hottest…
Surrey County Council has said that drought combined with a heatwave in summer 2022 left most of the county under a hosepipe ban, in its official summary of local emergency risks.