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19-07-2022, 08:22 PM
19 Jul 2022 07:23PM
(Updated: 19 Jul 2022 07:37PM)
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After Britain's warmest night on record, the country's Met Office said 39.1 degrees Celsius was provisionally recorded in Charlwood, near Gatwick Airport, south of London.
"If confirmed, this will be the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK," the Met Office meteorological agency said.
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"Temperatures are likely to rise further through today," it added, with predictions that Britain would breach the 40 degrees Celsius mark for the first time.
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In France, various towns and cities in the country's west registered their highest-ever temperatures on Monday, the national weather office said.
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The western region of Brittany - normally cool and often wet in summer - set new record highs above 40 degrees Celsius.
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The heatwave - the second to engulf parts of Europe in recent weeks - has contributed to deadly wildfires in France, Greece, Portugal and Spain, destroying vast tracts of land.
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In Spain - nearly 10 days into the latest heatwave - more than a dozen fires continued to rage on Tuesday, including in the northwest province of Zamora, which already experienced a huge fire last month.
Known as one of the largest wolf reserves in Europe, it saw nearly 30,000 hectares of land reduced to ashes during the June blaze.
Nearly 6,000 people had to be evacuated from there this week after flames destroyed several thousand hectares of meadows and forests
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/uk...pe-2820881
(Updated: 19 Jul 2022 07:37PM)
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After Britain's warmest night on record, the country's Met Office said 39.1 degrees Celsius was provisionally recorded in Charlwood, near Gatwick Airport, south of London.
"If confirmed, this will be the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK," the Met Office meteorological agency said.
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"Temperatures are likely to rise further through today," it added, with predictions that Britain would breach the 40 degrees Celsius mark for the first time.
......
In France, various towns and cities in the country's west registered their highest-ever temperatures on Monday, the national weather office said.
......
The western region of Brittany - normally cool and often wet in summer - set new record highs above 40 degrees Celsius.
......
The heatwave - the second to engulf parts of Europe in recent weeks - has contributed to deadly wildfires in France, Greece, Portugal and Spain, destroying vast tracts of land.
......
In Spain - nearly 10 days into the latest heatwave - more than a dozen fires continued to rage on Tuesday, including in the northwest province of Zamora, which already experienced a huge fire last month.
Known as one of the largest wolf reserves in Europe, it saw nearly 30,000 hectares of land reduced to ashes during the June blaze.
Nearly 6,000 people had to be evacuated from there this week after flames destroyed several thousand hectares of meadows and forests
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/uk...pe-2820881
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