{"id":121699,"date":"2023-12-01T13:38:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=121699"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:38:59","slug":"uk-faces-up-to-5cm-of-snow-as-experts-issue-urgent-cold-weather-health-alerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/world-news\/uk-faces-up-to-5cm-of-snow-as-experts-issue-urgent-cold-weather-health-alerts\/","title":{"rendered":"UK faces up to 5cm of snow as experts issue urgent cold weather health alerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Urgent health warnings have been issued as Brits face being pummelled by up to five centimetres of snow.<\/p>\n

    Large parts of the country woke up to white blankets of snow outdoors, as temperatures dropped to as low as -10c in parts of Scotland. And as Southwest England hits -6c, with Wales plunging to -8c, the UK's Health Security Agency has joined forces with the Met Office to issue ominous warnings lasting until December 5.<\/p>\n

    Five parts of the UK have been upgrade to amber cold health alerts \u2013 East Midlands, West Midlands, North West, North East and Yorkshire and The Humber \u2013 while another four are under yellow alerts. Those are the South West, South East, East of England and London. They were brought in last night, and will last until Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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    An amber alert means that cold weather impacts are likely to be felt across the \u201cwhole health service for an extended period of time\u201d, with potential for the whole population of the impacted areas to be at risk.<\/p>\n

    A yellow alert means that any impacts include the increased use of health care services by \u201cvulnerable populations\u201d and an increase in risk to health for individuals over the age of 65, those with pre-existing health conditions, including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and some other vulnerable groups, such as those sleeping rough.<\/p>\n

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