The Met Office has raised its heat health warning to an amber level in the South West, warning of 'significant impact' to the wider population. It is one of five regions across England to see the warning level increased, after a yellow heat health alert was implemented across six areas yesterday (June 7).
The amber alert is in effect from 9am tomorrow (Friday, June 9) and is set to last through the weekend until 9am on Monday, June 12. It has been updated by the Met Office and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) following latest Met Office forecasts, which predict a rapid rise in temperatures and high temperatures overnight.
On Wednesday, a yellow alert was in place for six regions - five of these have been updated to an amber alert and four new regions have been added to the yellow alert. The Met Office today announced a yellow thunderstorm warning in place for a number of areas over the weekend - this includes Bristol.
