The British Meteorological Institute is now warning of danger to life and health at the beginning of next week.
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Met Office, broadcasts Friday red danger warning for Monday and Tuesday. This is the first time such a notice has been sent out in the UK.
“Exceptional, perhaps record high, temperatures are likely on Monday and Tuesday. The nights are also likely to be unusually hot for the UK to be, especially in urban areas. This is likely to have far-reaching consequences for people and infrastructure. ” writes Met Office.
They also write that temperatures are expected to fall again from Wednesday.
Red warning means “severe or prolonged heat wave” where illness and death can occur among people who are healthy and in good shape. People are asked to be aware of signs of heat-related ailments.
It is UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) which determines the levels and what they entail. Red, which is level 4, is considered a “national emergency”.
–Met Office spokesperson Grahame Madge calls the situation:
– Potentially very serious.
They expect according to Sky News a high risk that heat-sensitive equipment may fail, and lead to local power loss or access to, for example, water or mobile phone coverage.
– Exceptionally warm
Large parts of the country, the entire London area, the Midlands and as far north as Manchester and York, get up to 40 degrees on Monday and Tuesday.
– It is exceptionally hot. Such temperatures can perhaps be tackled on holiday, but in daily life it can have serious consequences for health, and it is likely that it will also have consequences for transport and power supply as well, says BBChost Matt Taylor.
–According to Sky News Meteorologists say that there is an 80 percent chance that temperatures will beat the UK’s heat record of 38.7 degrees, which was measured in Cambridge in July 2019.
There should be a 50 percent chance that the temperature will reach 40 degrees somewhere in the UK, according to the Met Office.
The rest of the country has a yellow warning, which implies a possible heat wave and that people should be vigilant and take action.
Seven of the ten hottest days in the country have been measured since 2003. In the summer of 2020, there were 2,500 heat-related deaths in the UK, according to the BBC.
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