The highest alert level warns that healthy people can get sick or die from extreme heat.
This level should only be declared if the heat wave is so severe or prolonged that its effects extend beyond the health sector, which is already under great pressure from rising temperatures.
The UK Health and Safety Administration (UKHSA) has never declared a national heatwave emergency since launching its response plan two decades ago.
The Met Office has issued a rare red alert for many parts of England, which means severe weather could lead to “severe illness or danger to life”, according to reports. does not depend on.
This means that temperatures are likely to be unusual, and possibly record, on Mondays and Tuesdays. “This is a very dangerous situation,” Met Office spokesman Graham Magim said, adding that temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius would be “historic.”
According to forecasts, there is an 80 per cent chance that the thermometer will exceed the UK standard temperature of 38.7°C which was set on 25 July 2019 at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens.
