23 minutes agoGreat Britain, another record high temperatures
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(4 years ago)Britain broke another record for the highest temperature ever recorded on Tuesday, amid a heat wave that has included parts of Europe. British Meteorology agency said these high levels are already a fact of life, in a country unprepared for such extreme temperatures. Britain, which [...]
British Meteorology agency said these high levels are already a fact of life, in a country unprepared for such extreme temperatures.
Britain, which usually has mild weather, was the latest country to be affected by the extremely hot and dry weather that has caused fires -- from Portugal to the Balkans, accompanied by a large number of victims.
The British Agency of Meteorology recorded a temporary temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius in Konningsby in eastern England, breaking the record set just hours ago. Before Tuesday, Britain's highest recorded temperature was 38.7 C, set in 2019. Later in the afternoon, 29 cities in the United Kingdom broke record for high temperatures.
Amid concerns that the situation has caused, one of the leading scientists of the British Meteorology Agency, Stephen Belcher, said such temperatures in the country would be virtually impossible without the climate changes behind which people themselves stand.
He warned that the “country could face such temperatures every three years” if there were no serious actions related to carbon gas emissions.
Burning temperatures have become the cause of cancellation of trips, health care services, and closing schools. In Britain many homes, small businesses, and public buildings, including hospitals, have no air conditioning, an indication of how unusual such heat is in this country known for rain and average temperatures.
High temperatures damaged London's Luton Airport floor, forcing it to close on Monday for several hours, as well as distorting a main road in eastern England by triggering a dive. Main train stations were closed or almost empty on Tuesday, since trips had either been canceled or trains moved slowly because of the fear that the rails could break.
London faced what Mayor Sadiq Khan called a huge increase in the fires due to the heat. The capital's Fireship Brigade reported 10 large fire hearths spread throughout the city on Tuesday, half of them caused by the burning of grass due to high temperatures. Some film pictures showed houses involved in flames as well as heavy smoke on the burned fields of Wennington, a village on the outskirts of London.
