“Nights will also be extremely warm for the UK, particularly in urban areas,” the country’s weather service said for Monday and Tuesday.
Britain’s Met Office has declared a national emergency today, issuing a warning for “extreme heat” in some parts of England for Monday and Tuesday, when the temperature will reach record levels.
“Extreme, possibly record-breaking temperatures are forecast for Monday and again for Tuesday,” the weather service says on its website.
“Nights will also be exceptionally warm for the UK, particularly in urban areas. This may have far-reaching effects on people and infrastructure,” he stresses.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Britain was 38.7 degrees Celsius at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens on 25 July 2019.
Earlier this week Britain’s Health and Met Office issued alert level 3 for parts of the country, meaning health and social services must take extra measures to protect the most vulnerable.
The red alert, level 4, is issued when “a heat wave is so strong and/or prolonged that its effects not only affect the health and social protection system. At this level even healthy people — and not just those in high-risk groups — can get sick or even die.”
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