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How to care for animals on farms and in transport in severe hot or cold weather, floods or drought.
Information for people who regularly come into contact with vulnerable people in their job roles.
This page advises those with responsibilities for people currently sleeping rough. This includes local authority teams for emergency preparedness, public health and rough sleeping, as well as non-governmental organisations, including those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support.
What to do if your land is affected by extreme weather, such as flooding, extreme heat or drought.
The Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP) aims to protect individuals and communities from the health effects of adverse weather and to build community resilience.
The Weather-Health Alerting (WHA) system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
Thunderstorm asthma refers to storm activity triggering an increase in people reporting asthma symptoms and seeking medical attention for breathing issues.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
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