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Yellow cold health alert issued for the North East, North West and Yorkshire and The Humber

Regions affected include the North East, North West and Yorkshire and The Humber from 9pm Sunday 15 November until 9am Thursday 19 November. For more information, please visit Weather health alerts page.

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Cold-health alert for North West

Last updated on Saturday, 14 November 2026 at 11:59am

Yellow Cold-health alert has been issued

Alert is in effect from 15 November 2026 at 09:00pm to 19 November 2026 at 09:00am
Type
Cold Health Alert
Alert
yellow alert
Risk Score
7
Impact
Low
Likelihood
Medium
Start
15 November 2026 at 09:00pm
End
19 November 2026 at 09:00am

Risk Description

Forecast weather is likely to have minor impacts on health and social care services, including:

  • increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people
  • greater risk to life of vulnerable people

Risk Matrix

Risk Matrix for the Weather Health Alert risk score metric.

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