Earlier, in 2019, Cambridge had recorded a temperature of 38.7°C. The weather department said the temperatures are expected to climb higher.
London: The United Kingdom has provisionally recorded the highest-ever temperature at 40.2°C. The high temperature was recorded at Heathrow Airport. Earlier in the morning, Charlwood, Surrey recorded 39.1°C.
Earlier, in 2019, Cambridge had recorded a temperature of 38.7°C. The weather department said the temperatures are expected to climb higher with places along the A1/M1 corridor expected to record 42°C. Even Scotland’s temperature may to pass its historic reading of 32.9°C.
Following the MeT department’s warning for central, northern and south-east England, the Network Rail warned against travel amid a number of power cuts across Yorkshire.
According to Reuters, Emley Moor in West Yorkshire is likely to have broken the night time record, where 25.9C was recorded overnight, according to the Met Office.
Meanwhile, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) issued an orange alert for extremely high temperatures of around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) in northeast Götaland and southern Svealand – the southern part of the country – for Wednesday and Thursday.
SMHI also issued yellow warnings for high temperatures of between 30 and 35 degrees Celsius (86 and 95 degrees Fahrenheit) in south central Sweden for Wednesday and Thursday. More specifically, in inner and eastern Götaland, inner Svealand, southeastern Norrland and on Gotland.
Meanwhile, at least two people have died and about 8,000 people have been evacuated so far as wildfires burn across Spain, said Isabel Rodríguez, Spain’s government spokesperson.
“Two people have died, a firefighter and a farmer. There are some people seriously injured,” Rodríguez told the media after a cabinet meeting in Madrid.
