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Health alerts come into force ahead of second heatwave

Simon King

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Pa Media is sunbathing on a beach under the umbrella because of the sun.PA Media

While the country was prepared for a second summer heat wave, in most UK, heat health warnings entered into force.

An amber Alert, Eastern Midlands, South-East, South-West, East and London-Conducting Health Services and All Population may be affected by heatAccording to the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA).

In Yorkshire and Humber and West Midlands, less serious yellow warnings are valid, ie elderly and vulnerable ones may be affected.

It is estimated that the temperatures that get closer to the Glastonbury Festival before reaching a new summit for the year on Monday, when the Wimbledon tennis championship began, is estimated to rise to 30s at the weekend.

According to BBC Weather, Monday may be 34C, the hottest day of the year and 35 ° C towards the Cambridgeshire area in London. MET office says London can reach 34-35c.

This will start Wimbledon, the hottest on Monday, and will exceed the previous opening day of 29.3C in 2001 – but players and spectators can expect more comfortable temperatures in the 20s until the middle of the week.

The hottest day during Wimbledon as a whole was 35.7c in July 1, 2015.

PA Media Tennis player Coco Gauff is seen to hit a ball during a training session in front of Wimbledon, because the sun shines on itPA Media

Tennis players, including Coco Gauff, work in Wimbledon before the opening

For the 200,000 festival regulars descending to Glastonbury this weekend this weekend this weekend, temperatures for the 200,000 festival goers, which have a potential summit of 28C on Sunday, will remain in the mid -20s.

Mark Savage at the Festival of the BBC Mark Savage, shorts, sun hats, bikini tops and bottled water is the order of the day on Friday.

Occasionally, the red nose and a few very sleepy children did not observe health problems related to heat.

Although there were very few shadows during the pyramid phase and the temperatures were adjusted during the weekend, there were plenty of free water and sunscreen around the site.

The conditions are expected to remain dry with sunny spells free of mud baths in the past years, but hot nights can do something disturbing for campers.

Dry and sunny spells are estimated in other parts of England, and this weekend temperatures in the mid -20s. On Monday, Cardiff may match the expected 30C levels in large regions of England.

EPA/Shutterstock takes a break from taking the stage at Potters Field Park for a warm day in London, while two members of the Pride of the Dayton walking band are drinking water. They wear blue, white and red band uniforms. They stand against a background of rice tools lying on the grass. EPA/SHUTTERSTOCK

A heat wave, but how long does it take?

Sunny magic, paleness does not show signs, a few places in the UK is expected to rain until the middle of the next week.

Most of the UK will officially enter a heat wave – at the same time, a temperature on a threshold varying to the region will be classified as three days in a row. These heat waves are expected to end on Wednesday.

Other European countries also see their own heat waves, temperatures of high temperatures in the 40s of the 30s high to the 40s. On Sunday, a scorching 44C is expected in Cordoba, south of Spain.

Various factors, including hot air and hot air from a heat wave on the east side of the United States, including hot, humid air, as well as high pressure on England, contribute to this temperature increase.

The people of EPA are sunbathing next to an open Lido in an air shot.EPA

People were in the sun in London Fields London this week

Suffolk’s sections have already exceeded 27C in Santon Downham for three days in an official heat wave. Many more places will join them at the weekend.

Some of the UK could see a “tropical night” on Sunday and Mondays – a term used to describe a night where temperatures do not fall below 20C.

The temperature on Monday will not be far from the June record at 35.6c recorded in Southampton in the summer of 1976.

He saw the big regions of England Another heat wave last weekendAt the beginning of this week before the temperatures cool.

Passengers had to evacuate trains In South London, a fault services stopped on a train at 30 ° C. There were also an increase warnings in extreme deaths and 999 calls.

Although it is difficult to connect individual excessive weather events to climate change, heat waves become more common and intense due to climate change.

Scientists in the world weather association analyze the impact of climate change on extreme weather events.

The June heat waves, which are over 28C three days in a row, say that people are about 10 times higher than the pre -industrial climate before people begin to burn fossil fuels.

Since 2023, the heat health warning system has been used by UKHSA and Met Office to prepare health and social care specialists for the effects of hot weather.

There are four warning levels – green, yellow, amber and red. Among the examples given by UKHSA, difficulties in managing drugs, the ability to provide services and internal temperatures in the maintenance environments of the labor force exceeds the proposed thresholds.

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