UK weather: London mayor orders emergency response to heatwave
The Guardian says The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has triggered a severe weather emergency response in the capital – a move typically activated in winter.
City Hall has written to all London boroughs and rough sleeping services to ask them to conduct welfare checks on vulnerable people, including rough sleepers, and to provide sunscreen, water and information about staying safe in the high temperatures.
Khan’s decision was taken shortly after the Met Office extended its danger-to-life warning for a heatwave that is due to hit much of England and Wales at the weekend.
The warning for extreme heat is in place from Sunday until the end of Tuesday, with the hot spell expected to peak on Monday or Tuesday.
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