{"id":336236,"date":"2025-08-11T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336236\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:08:10","slug":"uk-weather-amber-heat-health-alert-issued-amid-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336236\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Weather: Amber heat health alert issued amid heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The alert from the\u00a0UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is in place from 9am on Tuesday, August\u00a012, until 6pm on Wednesday, August 14.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The amber alert covers the\u00a0East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, and the South East.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The\u00a0UKHSA said the alert follows an &#8220;enhanced hot weather response&#8221; warning that the heat could see significant impacts to health and social care services.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Amber heat health alert issued across England<\/p>\n<p>\n  The UKHSA shares that the amber alert sees a risk to a rise in deaths for those aged over 65 with health conditions, issues managing medicines,\u00a0increased demand for power exceeding capacity and\u00a0the heat affecting the ability of the workforce to deliver services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can see the full warning via the UKHSA website <a href=\"https:\/\/ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk\/weather-health-alerts?v=map&amp;type=heat&amp;fid=E12000006\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>\n    It&#8217;s a hot start to the week for much of England and Wales with spells of sunshine, hazy at times \ud83c\udf24\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures nearer average for Northern Ireland and Scotland with more cloud and some showers \u2601\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aPWyE2dHM1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aPWyE2dHM1<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Met Office (@metoffice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/metoffice\/status\/1954847641126244758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 11, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n  Elsewhere, a yellow alert has been issued to cover the\u00a0North East, North West, Yorkshire, The Humber, and the South West.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Areas under the amber alert are set to see temperatures rise to more than 30\u00b0C, with London expecting highs of 33\u00b0C.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sharing the forecast for this week, the Met Office says: &#8220;Isolated mist patches at first soon clearing, with temperatures rising quickly. This leads to a hot, sunny afternoon with light winds. Coasts are cooler with onshore breezes developing. Maximum temperature 30\u00a0\u00b0C.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Adding that later in the week, the weather will remain hot: &#8220;Temperatures remaining above normal with some sunshine but also a risk of thundery showers. Muggy nights are likely. Winds generally light.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The alert from the\u00a0UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is in place from 9am on Tuesday, August\u00a012, until 6pm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-336236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115011236849038815","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}