That was still short of the June record of 35C (96F) set in 1976. In England, the temperature reached 33C (92F) at Heathrow Airport on Thursday, making it the hottest day of the year so far, according to the UK’s Meteorological Office. We are creating a pandemic & pollution hell on Earth #Covid19UK #plasticpollution /FoYcvligF1 People had even defecated in burger boxes & left on beach. The WMO warned people to avoid exposure to the sun or temperatures higher than 25C (77F) “as there is no evidence that this prevents or cures COVID-19, and it increases your risk of sunburn and heat-related illness”.ġ2 tonnes of rubbish left on Bournemouth beach yesterday. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said it was verifying the worrying temperature record for Siberia. Such high heat phenomena could be twice as frequent by 2050, so we must expect summers to be ever longer and hotter, and therefore more deadly.” “A few days ago, a temperature of 38C (100F) was recorded north of the Arctic Circle. “Over the past few years, we have noticed heatwaves arriving ever earlier, everywhere in the world,” it said in a statement, blaming global warming.
That is usual for the height of summer in the country – around August – but not the beginning of the season, said climate NGO CARE. Nine regions have been on high alert since Monday, Spain’s State Meteorological Agency said.įrance was also experiencing its first heatwave with temperatures in the mid-30s. Across the south and west of the country, temperatures have hovered around 40C (104F) for much of this week. On Thursday afternoon, the temperature reached 41C (107F) in Andujar in southern Spain. Europe has been hit by a heatwave with temperatures touching 40 degrees Celcius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).
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