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How to prepare and what to do if you’re affected by extreme weather and natural hazards while travelling or living abroad.
Information about local services that have been disrupted by severe weather conditions
This guidance is for those providing services and support to people sleeping rough, including local authority teams and non-governmental organisations such as those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support.
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.
This guide explains the problems and risks which may come from extreme weather, how to mitigate them and how you can make your reservoir more resilient. You can read each section in isolation, or as a whole document.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report provides an analysis of how climate change makes extreme weather events such as cold, more intense and variable.
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.
This guidance has been produced in collaboration with the Department for Education (DfE) for those who work in, or manage, schools or early years settings.
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