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Weather and tide information for the Adur area
Heatwave advice ...
Many of us are looking forward to the summer; looking forward to sunny
afternoons, holidays, ice creams and trips to the beach, but when it’s
too hot for too long there are health risks, especially for the very young,
the elderly and the seriously ill.
When temperatures rise to high levels (or become uncomfortable for you) it is good to be prepared for what to do and what precautions you should start to take.
The following weblinks offer help and advice for what to do during very hot weather :
- See the current Heat-Health Watch alert level on the Met Office website (www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/heathealth/index.html)
- NHS heatwave advice leaflet (.PDF 160kb)
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More information can be found about heatwaves and how to cope with them on the following external website links :
- Met Office : Heat health watch, warning and advice (www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/heat_health.html)
- NHS : Keeping safe in a heatwave (www.nhs.uk/livewell/summerhealth/pages/heatwave.aspx)
- NHS : Heat exhaustion and heatstroke (www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Heat-exhaustion-and-heatstroke/Pages/Introduction.aspx)
- NHS West Sussex : Summer health: looking after yourself and others during hot weather (www.westsussex.nhs.uk/summer-health)
- Department of Health : What to do in case of a heatwave (www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/MinistersandDepartmentLeaders/ChiefMedicalOfficer/CMOtopics/DH_4135398)
- Cancer Research website : Sun Smart (www.sunsmart.org.uk)
Other external websites with advice on what to do in severe weather (hot or cold, wet or dry) :
- Met Office : What to do in severe weather (www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/advice/index.html)
- Department of Health (homepage) (www.dh.gov.uk/en/Home)
- DirectGov : Preparing for Emergencies - Advice on specific emergencies - Severe weather, flooding, drought (www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/Dealingwithemergencies/Preparingforemergencies/index.htm)
- NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and NHS Direct website (www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk)
Other food safety advice :
- Barbeques and picnics - food safety tips : Food Standards Agency website (www.eatwell.gov.uk/keepingfoodsafe/partiesandevents/)
- Bugs like it hot - food safety tips : Food Standards Agency website (www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/seasonsandcelebrations/summer/bugslikeithot/)
- Beat the barbeque bugs leaflets : Food Standards Agency website (www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/webpage/barbecue_bug_leaflets)
- Food poisoning information and advice : Food Standards Agency website (www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/foodpoisoning/)
- See also : Environmental Health - Food safety
Alternatively if you want to find current weather forecasts please use the link below :
