Health alert issued for Peterborough as freezing weather set to arrive
A health alert has been issued for Peterborough, as cold weather is set to strike.
Peterborough City Council has already activated Severe Weather Emergency Provision (SWEP) to help keep rough sleepers in the city safe.
Now the UK Health Security Agency has issued a yellow health alert, with the cold weather set to arrive.
The warning says the weather will provide a 'greater risk to life of vulnerable people.’
The warning will be in place until 6pm on Friday (February 20).
Temperatures in Peterborough are forecast to drop to 0C from midnight tonight (February 17), according to The Met Office.
Sleet showers are predicted on Wednesday night, while temperatures are forecast to drop to -1C on Thursday evening.