Posted on Jul 21, 2022
Why 100-degree heat is so dangerous in the United Kingdom
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This week, it was hotter than ever in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, parts of England hit a temperature above 40 degrees Celsius – or 104 degrees Fahrenheit — a first in the U.K.'s recorded history.
The government had urged Brits to stay home if possible. Train stations were shut or empty; an airport closed a runway and police closed a highway when asphalt melted and buckled. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the city's fire brigade received 1,600 calls for assistance and that firefighters were fighting at least a dozen major fires across the city. Residents of Blidworth, a village near Nottingham, were evacuated as 15 fire crews battled an enormous blaze on a nearby farm.
"I wasn't expecting to see this in my career," said Stephen Belcher, the chief scientist at the U.K.'s Meteorological Office.
This week, it was hotter than ever in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, parts of England hit a temperature above 40 degrees Celsius – or 104 degrees Fahrenheit — a first in the U.K.'s recorded history.
The government had urged Brits to stay home if possible. Train stations were shut or empty; an airport closed a runway and police closed a highway when asphalt melted and buckled. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the city's fire brigade received 1,600 calls for assistance and that firefighters were fighting at least a dozen major fires across the city. Residents of Blidworth, a village near Nottingham, were evacuated as 15 fire crews battled an enormous blaze on a nearby farm.
"I wasn't expecting to see this in my career," said Stephen Belcher, the chief scientist at the U.K.'s Meteorological Office.
Why 100-degree heat is so dangerous in the United Kingdom
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CSM Chuck Stafford Much Hotter than I Remember than when I was Stationed in London. They thought the Summer of 84 was Hot!
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They simply are not prepared for this. Very few places have air conditioning or even "swamp coolers" The older stone houses really do better than the modern buildings at keeping a better, more stable internal temperature.
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