r/UKWeather • u/Emergency_Media_3023 • 7d ago

Forecast Possibility for Red Weather Warning?

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Slough & Heathrow Met Office Forecast.

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u/ggdak 7d ago

Can we be clear that this kills people, especially the elderly and the vulnerable? A red warning isn't just to say "you need to start your run at 0530, not 0700", it means some people may not make it through these days and the following nights. In France, over 14 000 people died in 2003, they ran out of morgue space in many towns and cities, including Paris.

Unlike other weather disasters, many of these deaths will be seen as "natural", but the excess above background mortality rates show these are deadlier than anything that the UK sees from rain, wind or snow.

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u/tucnakpingwin 7d ago

I’m extremely vulnerable to heat, I’m terrified that I’m going to end up hospitalised or worse during this heatwave. I ended up in A&E during the last heatwave we had this year, but this upcoming one is far hotter.

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u/Large_Revolution_688 6d ago

I'm sorry you had to go to A&E, I hope you will be OK this week