The UK has woken up groggy and begging for the hot spell to end after another tropical night as the fourth day of the extreme heatwave gets underway.
The record-breaking hot spell continues to linger over the UK and western Europe, sparking the Met Office to extend the extreme heat warning until at least midnight today as mercury could hit 39C in some places.
So far, the UK’s new record temperature was clocked in Merryfield yesterday – 36.7C – but that could be topped today.
Most of the UK will endure gruelling heat or thunderstorms today as most of the British Isles are under a weather warning.
A rare danger to life red heat warning remains in place for London, the South East and South West of England until 9pm, compounded by humidity and worsening the effects even on healthy people.
Travel across the UK is likely to be a sticky affair today as the infrastructure struggles to cope, and most rail operators are advising people to only travel if absolutely necessary today due to the heat and timetable changes.
The emergency services are on high alert after a wildfire ripped through a Derbyshire moorland. The blaze burned through 500 sqm of Tintwistle Moor, with heavy smoke closing roads in the area.
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