LONDON (Reuters) – British health officials issued a heat warning for the UK on Friday as temperatures are expected to top 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) this week after a record heat wave. .
The alert, designed to help medical staff manage through periods of extreme temperatures that could affect the public, will go into effect from noon Tuesday to 1800 GMT (1700 GMT) local time on Saturday, UK Health said. said the Department of Security.
The warning comes after the UK recorded record temperatures of just over 40 degrees Celsius in July, fueling bushfires, destroying property and the deadliest fires for London’s firefighters since World War II. It’s been a busy week.
Temperatures are set to rise to the low to mid-thirties over the next few days, above the extreme temperatures reached last month. However, many parts of England and Wales are still likely to have reached the heatwave threshold, the Met Office said on Monday.
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Reported by Sachin Ravikumar.Editing by Andrew MacAskill
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