Warning of ‘very serious situation’ in exceptional hot spell on Monday and Tuesday, covering much of country
The Met Office has issued its first ever extreme heat weather red warning for next week across much ofas temperatures hit levels during which “illness and death may occur among the fit and healthy and not just in high-risk groups”.
Grahame Madge, Met Office spokesman, said: “We’ve just issued a red warning for extreme heat for Monday and Tuesday, which is the first such warning ever issued. The highest temperature ever recorded in Britain was 38.7C registered in Cambridge University botanic garden on 25 July 2019. The warning warns that population-wide adverse health effects may be experienced, not limited to those most vulnerable to extreme heat, leading to serious illness or danger to life.
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