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Yellow cold health alert issued for the East Midlands, East of England, North East, North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber and the South West

Regions affected include the East Midlands, East of England, North East, North West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and The Humber and the South West from 6pm Tues 17 Feb until 6pm Fri 20 Feb. For more information, please see the Weather health alerts page.

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Cold-health alert for North West

Last updated on Tuesday, 17 February 2026 at 09:29am

Yellow Cold-health alert has been issued

Alert is in effect from 17 February 2026 at 06:00pm to 20 February 2026 at 06:00pm
Type
Cold Health Alert
Alert
yellow alert
Risk Score
7
Impact
Low
Likelihood
Medium
Start
17 February 2026 at 06:00pm
End
20 February 2026 at 06:00pm

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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