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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.
The alerting system provides an early warning when adverse temperatures are likely to impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.
This page contains resources to help you stay aware of emerging weather risks and help the public to prepare for and respond to weather, and to stay safe and protect their homes.
This Heat-Health Alert action card summarises the suggested actions that commissioners should consider at each Heat-Health Alert level.
This Heat-Health Alert (HHA) action card summarises the suggested actions that the national government should consider at each Heat-Health Alert level.
Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
The Heat-Health Alerting system is part of the Weather-Health Alerting system, which is operated by UKHSA in partnership with the Met Office. This is part of the alerts and warnings section of the hazard: heat.
How to approach sampling ambient air and the sampling and analytical techniques to use.
This project improved the accuracy of Met Office data on where and how much heavy rain will fall to make forecasting floods easier.
This page advises healthcare professionals working within the community, care homes or hospital environments on how to reduce the risks of hot weather to the health of people they provide care for.
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