Health warnings issued as UK faces another heatwave

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Following the balmy forecasts&comma; Public Health England &lpar;PHE&rpar; are urging caution over the coming days and nights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Thomas Waite&comma; from the extreme events team at PHE&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Because the heat is going to arrive very soon&comma; think today about what you can do&comma; and for those around you&comma; to stay cool during the daytime and particularly at night&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Much of the advice on beating the heat is common sense and for most people there’s nothing to really worry about&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But for some people&comma; such as older people&comma; those with underlying health conditions and those with young children&comma; summer heat can bring real health risks&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;To keep homes and sleeping areas cool at night remember to close curtains on windows that face the sun during the day&comma; once the sun is off windows open them up to get a breeze and think about turning off electrical devices all over the home as they can generate unwanted heat too&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But what does the Level 2 heat-health alert mean exactly&quest; Well&comma; it’s because there’s a high chance that temperatures will hit certain temperature thresholds for at least two days and the intervening night&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And the high temperatures predicted means that Britain could be as warm as Bangkok in Thailand&comma; and hotter than forecasts for Madrid and Los Angeles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The last time temperatures soared above 30C &lpar;86F&rpar; in September was in 2006 in Kew Gardens – it hit 30&period;5C &lpar;87F&rpar; on September 11&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the mercury rises above 31&period;6C &lpar;88&period;9F&rpar;&comma; which was reached at Gatwick on September 2 1961&comma; then it will be the hottest day for 55 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The highest September temperature recorded was in 1906 when the mercury hit 35&period;6C &lpar;96&period;1F&rpar; in Bawtry&comma; South Yorkshire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It won’t be as hot as London everywhere&comma; but most of England will bask in temperatures in the high 20s&period; Scotland will also enjoy the warmth with Aberdeen and Glasgow possibly seeing 20C &lpar;68F&rpar; to 23C &lpar;73&period;4F&rpar;&comma; and there is a chance Aviemore could hit 24C &lpar;75&period;2F&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dr Waite added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The hot weather won’t make life difficult for all of us&semi; indeed&comma; many of us will make the most of it when the sun shines&period; But some people may not be able to adapt to the extra strain hot weather will put on their bodies and may feel the ill-effects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Each year we hear stories of people who have fallen seriously ill because&comma; even though it’s hotter&comma; they may wear clothes which are too warm for hot weather&comma; they may not drink enough or just try to do too much&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed767942ab0">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; 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