We cover news from public bodies and utility companies for UK households on power cuts, weather, water, health, safety and security. Each report includes the date and sources, with links to our guides.
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.
The Met Office reports that temperatures exceeded 40°C in the UK for the first time on record on 19 July 2022, with new national records for Wales and Scotland during an unprecedented heatwave.
The National Fire Chiefs Council reports that the 2022 summer heatwave produced 983 wildfires in England and Wales, with 14 fire and rescue services declaring major incidents on 18 and 19 July.
Suffolk County Council has confirmed that parts of the county reached up to 39C in mid-July 2022 and received its first-ever red weather warning, with firefighters attending more than 500 outdoor…
The Met Office says England had its joint hottest summer on record in 2022, with widespread disruption as travel, infrastructure and healthcare were affected by the heat.
South East Water has set out more than £50 million of investment in east Kent after customers in Charing, Challock and Molash went without water for several days in July 2022.
South West Water has urged customers to avoid non-essential water use, including hosepipes for gardening and washing cars and windows, during a prolonged period of hot and dry weather.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service has said its crews fought 370 wildfires in July and August 2022, as it trials farmer-designed adapters letting fire engines draw water from farm bowsers and tanks.
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service issued an Amber wildfire alert for parts of its area for the coming weekend during hot weather, warning that any fire could spread quickly.
The Lullaby Trust issued advice for parents on keeping babies safe and cool as temperatures were forecast to reach 35°C in the South East on 17 June 2022, the hottest day since 2020.
NHS England has issued a level 1 summer preparedness heat-health alert for England, stating that temperatures are not expected to reach heatwave thresholds until further notice.
The Met Office forecasts the first hot spell of 2022, with temperatures reaching 30C or 33C in isolated spots in the southern half of the UK by Friday 17 June.
The final reports into the response to Storm Arwen have been published, setting out actions to improve electricity network resilience, with three network operators agreeing to pay an additional £10.28…
Ofgem has published its final report into how electricity distribution network operators responded to Storm Arwen, with recommendations on resilience, communication, compensation and winter planning.
Official guidance cites the summer 2022 heatwave as evidence of an unprecedented number of UK wildfires, particularly in urban areas such as London, and warns fire danger is rising with climate…
NHS England issued a level 1 heat-health watch alert for summer preparedness at 6:24am on Wednesday 1 June 2022, saying temperatures were not expected to reach heatwave threshold values until further…
Ofgem has published a GHD technical review of how the electricity distribution network operators prepared for and responded to Storm Arwen, which cut power to just under one million homes in November…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service issued an Amber wildfire alert for its area for the Easter weekend of 2022, citing warm, dry and breezy conditions and a higher-than-usual risk of fire…