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Yellow heat health alerts issued for East of England, London and South East

Regions affected include the East of England, London and the South East from Thursday 28 May at 4PM until Saturday 30 May at 8PM. For more information please see the Weather health alerts page.

Heat-health alert for North East

Last updated on Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 11:01am

Type
Heat Health Alert
Alert
No alert

Risk Description

There is potential for minor impacts across health and social care services, including:

  • increased use of healthcare services by vulnerable people
  • greater risk to life of vulnerable people
  • increased potential for indoor environments to become very warm
  • water‑related incidents may increase, including risks from cold‑water shock and drowning

but these are not expected.