The MET Office have been making cold weather warnings for the last few days with yellow warnings (likely that the weather will cause some low level impacts,
including some disruption to travel) for snow, sleet and ice pretty much covering the British Isles but now they have upgraded it to amber which warns of increased likelihood of severe weather, which could potentially disrupt travel, cause road and rail closures, power cuts and the potential risk to life and property.
Now Public Health Officials for the week ahead have joined in with their own amber cold-weather alert for the north-west of England, the West Midlands, East Midlands and south-west of England and a yellow alert for the north-east of England, Yorkshire and The Humber, East of England, south-east of England and London from tonight until Friday with a warning that ‘cold weather impacts are likely to be felt across the whole health service with potential for the whole population to be at risk'.
Worryingly, the warning to health and social care workers comes with a warning that there will probably be an 'observed increase in mortality across the population'.
Maybe crank up the heating or put on a jumper if you can this week and Health Officials advise not letting your indoor temperatures drop below 18°C which may concern some people in a cost of living crisis but the vast majority of the 13,400 people who died from the cold last winter only know one thing, they wish they had put an extra bar on the fire and then been alive to make an agreement with the utility company when the weather warmed up.
