UK could declare first-ever 'national heatwave emergency' as Met Office issues 'danger to life' amber warning
A Cobra meeting was held at Downing Street yesterday by senior government officials, who met to discuss plans for the first-ever heatwave emergency following the amber heat warning, according to the Telegraph.
The UK Health Security Agency may also declare a national emergency with a 'level four emergency' if the heat becomes so extreme that 'illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy' as well as those more vulnerable. While fire services have urged people to have picnics instead of barbecues during the warm weather after a spate of grass fires.
Motorists have been urged to carry water with them, start their journeys earlier in the day, plan their routes and check their vehicles before setting off.
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