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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.
The 2023 Health Effects of Climate Change (HECC) report highlights how climate change intensifies and increases the frequency of extreme weather. This page provides key takeaways from the HECC report, specifically on the hazard: heat.
The epidemiology, symptoms, diagnosis and management of severe fever with thrombocytopaenia syndrome (SFTS).
The 2,877 excess deaths represents a significant increase on the 1,504 excess deaths observed in summer 2025.
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.
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.
Plan for climate change impacts to and from your site. How to integrate climate change adaptation into your management system under an environmental permit.
Severe weather can lead to increased aggressive behaviour and domestic violence.
What to do if your land is affected by an extreme weather event, such as flooding, extreme heat or a prolonged period of very dry or wet weather.
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