{"id":652447,"date":"2026-06-22T16:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652447\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:25:09","slug":"schools-in-the-west-close-early-as-met-office-issues-rare-red-extreme-heat-weather-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652447\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools in the West close early as Met Office issues rare red extreme heat weather warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Cold water shock is a real danger’published at 15:27 BST<\/p>\n

15:27 BST<\/p>\n

\"\"Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley
West of England<\/p>\n

People flocking to their nearest coastlines to cool off are being reminded to use lifeguarded beaches for their safety.<\/p>\n

Patrol times at lifeguarded beaches run from 10:00 to 18:00 BST.<\/p>\n

“Remember, if there are no flags, there are no lifeguards,” said regional water safety lead for the RNLI Steve Instance.<\/p>\n

\"People<\/p>\n

The RNLI is also appealing to people to share water safety advice with family and friends, particularly young people and teenagers, who accounted for the majority of drowning fatalities during the last heatwave<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“Cold water shock is a real danger, which we particularly want people to be aware of,” Instance said.<\/p>\n

“The sea or open water may look inviting during hot weather, but it remains cold enough year-round to trigger cold water shock, which can cause uncontrollable gasping, increased heart rate, and can lead to panic and drowning very quickly, it\u2019s best to enter the water slowly to gradually acclimatise.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Cold water shock is a real danger’published at 15:27 BST 15:27 BST Jasmine Ketibuah-FoleyWest of England People flocking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-652447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}