12 minutes agoThe burning heat: Great Britain Declares Emergency Situation
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The British government has announced the first state of emergency to deal with the heat expected to reach record temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, with the hottest areas expected to be in central and eastern England, writes The Guardian, Pryscopy. Red alert released on Friday in [...]
Red alert, issued Friday 10:29 on the Metropolitan Office website, explains that the level means <x0 national emergency>” It says that the alarm “is lifted when the heat wave is so severe or extended that it can have effects to the health and care system. At this level, deterioration and death can happen to healthy people, not only groups that are endangered”.
Meteorologists are projected for temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius on Monday and 38 degrees Celsius for Tuesday. /Periscopi/
