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Health alert system aims to cut heatwave deaths

Feb 16,2020 7:56 am

A new alert system will warn The Public when high temperatures could damage their health this summer in England.

Run by the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office , it is aimed at reducing illness and deaths among The Most Vulnerable .

Climate Change is likely to make heatwaves more Frequent .

for the First Time Last Summer , the country's fourth warmest, with Coningsby, Lincs, reaching a record 40. 3C on 19 July.

Last Year was the UK's warmest - and This Century has had 15 of The Top 20, with all of the hottest 10 in The Past two decades.

The Heat Health Alert system will run from 1 June to 30 September and offer regional information and advice to The Public and send guidance direct to Nhs England , the government and healthcare professionals.

There will be four alert colours, with green indicating no risk to health:

Dr Agostinho Sousa, head of extreme events and health protection at the UK Health Security Agency, said the alert system would play " a vital role".

" Last Year saw record high temperatures across England and evidence shows that heatwaves are likely to occur more often, be more intense and last longer in The Years and decades ahead, " He Said .

" It is important We Are able to quantify the likely impacts of these heatwaves before they arrive to prevent illness and reduce The Number of deaths. "

Will Lang, from the Met Office , said The Effects of human-induced Climate Change were already being felt on UK summers " with an increase in the frequency, duration, and intensity of extreme heat events over recent decades".

The health alerts would help save lives, protect property and the economy " as we all work to tackle adverse weather and Climate Change " He Said .

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Source of news: bbc.com

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