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Britain broke another record for the highest temperature ever recorded on Tuesday, amid a heatwave that has gripped parts of Europe.
The British Meteorological Agency said that these high levels are already a fact of life in a country unprepared for such extreme temperatures, reports the Voice of America.
Britain, which usually has mild weather, was the latest country to be hit by the extremely hot and dry weather which has sparked fires from Portugal to the Balkans, with huge casualties.
The British Meteorological Agency recorded a temporary temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius in Coningsby in eastern England, breaking the record set just hours before.
Before Tuesday, Britain’s highest recorded temperature was 38.7C, set in 2019. Later in the afternoon, 29 UK cities broke records for high temperatures.
Among the concerns that the situation has caused, one of the main scientists of the British Meteorological Agency, Stephen Belcher, said that such temperatures in the country would be practically impossible without the climate changes that are behind the people themselves.
He warned that “the country could face such temperatures every three years” if there are no serious actions regarding the emission of carbon dioxide.
Scorching temperatures have caused travel cancellations, health care services and school closures.
In Britain many homes, small businesses and public buildings, including hospitals, do not have air conditioning, an indication of how unusual such heat is in this country known for rain and average temperatures.
High temperatures damaged the runway at London’s Luton Airport, forcing it to close for several hours on Monday, and twisted a major road in eastern England causing it to sink. Major train stations were closed or nearly empty on Tuesday as journeys were either canceled or trains moved slowly for fear of derailment.
London faced what Mayor Sadiq Khan called a huge increase in fires due to the heat. The capital’s Fire Brigade reported 10 large fires spread across the city on Tuesday, half of them caused by burning grass due to high temperatures. Some footage showed houses engulfed in flames and thick smoke billowing over burnt fields in Wennington, a village on the outskirts of London.
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