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The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for heavy, possibly thundery rain across southern and central England and southern Wales, following earlier heavy rain in southern England and Wales on…
Storm Lilian brought strong winds to coastal areas around Wales on 22 and 23 August 2024, leading Natural Resources Wales to issue Flood Warnings and Flood Alerts.
The Met Office issued Yellow thunderstorm warnings for southeastern England on Wednesday 31 July and for most of England and Wales on Thursday, with 50 to 100mm of rain possible in a few hours in the…
The UK recorded its hottest day of the year so far on Tuesday 30 July 2024, with yellow heat health alerts in place for millions of people until Friday and NHS heat advice views rising sharply.
Visits to the NHS website's heat exhaustion advice page rose 169% over 29 and 30 July compared with the previous weekend, peaking at 11,986 visits on Tuesday as yellow heat health alerts covered…
The Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning with temperatures in London expected to reach 32 degrees this week, and London Ambulance Service has asked the public to take care in the heat.
Natural Resources Wales brought its new Flood Warning Information Services for Wales into use on 17 July 2024, replacing the previous England and Wales system at a cost of £5m.
Research released by the National Water Safety Forum links higher UK air temperatures to sharp rises in accidental drowning, with a fivefold increase in risk on days averaging 25°C or above.
Junior doctors in England began five days of strike action at 7am on 27 June, running until 7am on 2 July, as yellow heat health alerts cover most of the country.
East Midlands Ambulance Service has advised residents and holidaymakers to take steps to stay healthy after the Met Office issued a Yellow heat alert for the East Midlands in late June 2024.
A yellow heat health alert covering most of England came into force on Monday 24 June 2024, and NHS England reports that visits to its heat exhaustion advice more than doubled over the following 48…
The National Fire Chiefs Council has issued public safety advice on preventing outdoor fires and drownings as warmer weather is forecast for the UK in the coming week.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has warned of an elevated wildfire risk across its area over the coming days, with heathlands, fields and cliffsides most at risk.
Heat-Health Alerts and Heat-Health Planners have been issued by the UK Health Security Agency in collaboration with the Met Office since 1 June 2024, within a core alerting season running to 30…
The Environment Agency sent a UK government emergency alert at 3:18am on 23 May 2024 warning of severe flooding on the River Roe and River Ive between Highbridge and Stockdalewath, with a threat to…
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service issued an extreme wildfire warning for Inverness-shire and large parts of northern Scotland for Saturday 11 May, with much of the rest of Scotland at very high…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued its first Amber wildfire alert of 2024 for the coming weekend, warning that fires could spread quickly and easily in dry conditions.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has placed north-west Scotland at extreme wildfire risk, and the rest of Scotland at very high risk, for Friday 3 and Saturday 4 May 2024.
Emergency Alerts were used to help evacuate people during acute flooding on the Rivers Roe and Ive in May 2024, the government has said in its UK Government Resilience Action Plan.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a wildfire warning identifying a very high risk for the South and West of Scotland on 24 and 25 April 2024.