It is one level below a national emergency
Nottingham has been on the receiving end of a level 3 weather warning this week. The Met Office and UK Health Security Agency handed the region the serious sounding alert on Tuesday, December 6, saying the warning follows a 90% probability of severe conditions between Wednesday, December 7 and Monday, December 12.
At the beginning of the week, the Met Office, in association with UK Health Security Agency, the government department responsible for protecting the community from a range of health threats, issued an alert for cold weather at level 3. It said: "The Met Office and UKHSA are warning that all regions of England will experience severe cold weather starting on the evening of Wednesday 7 December.
Level 2 – Alert and readiness This is triggered when the risk is 60 percent or above for any of the thresholds to be breached. This is an important stage for social and healthcare services which will be working to ensure readiness and swift action to reduce harm from a potential period of cold weather.
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