Fresh heat health alert for Yorkshire with another warm week expected
The UK Health Security Agency has a yellow alert in force for Yorkshire
Yorkshire is once again under a heat health alert with temperatures to rise into the high 20s once again this coming week.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has an amber heat health alert in place for the East Midlands - including north Derbyshire - until Wednesday morning, as the Met Office says temperatures could reach 35C on Monday.
There are also yellow heat health alerts for Yorkshire and The Humber, as the agency warns the latest high temperatures could put extra pressure on the NHS, with more vulnerable people likely to require medical treatment.
It is the latest spike in heat in a summer that has already seen record-breaking, deadly, heatwaves in May and June – which together saw more than 2,800 excess deaths – and further heatwaves in July, which have fuelled wildfires, drought and poor harvests.
Much of central and southern England is set to see highs in the upper 20s to low 30s, with peaks of 28-30C again on Tuesday, before temperatures ease slightly later in the week.
Low pressure moving in from the west could bring rain to northern and western parts of the UK, with a chance of showers reaching the South East on Tuesday and Wednesday.
But experts at the Met Office have warned weather conditions in August are not looking favourable for delivering the kind of sustained rain needed to reverse the dry conditions that have left all of Wales and half of England officially in drought.
July looks set to have been the driest on record for England and Wales, and some places have had no rain for weeks.