UK June heat record broken again, France postpones Pride and Poland warns of wildfires as heatwave grips Europe – live
8m ago02.47 EDTWelcomeThe UK Met Office has extended a red heat alert into Friday for a large area of south-east England, the first time such warnings have been issued for three days in a row.The red warning is in place until 9pm for London, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Kent. Temperatures reached 31.2C at Threave in Dumfries and Galloway on Thursday, according to Met Office data.However, the weather is set to change dramatically as rainier conditions sweep in from the north-west. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued flood alerts for every area of Scotland other than Shetland.In Europe, France is braced for more stifling heat.
- ▪8m ago02.47 EDTWelcomeThe UK Met Office has extended a red heat alert into Friday for a large area of south-east England, the first time such warnings have been issued for three days in a row.The red warning is in place until 9pm for London
- ▪Temperatures reached 31.2C at Threave in Dumfries and Galloway on Thursday, according to Met Office data.However, the weather is set to change dramatically as rainier conditions sweep in from the north-west.
- ▪The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued flood alerts for every area of Scotland other than Shetland.In Europe, France is braced for more stifling heat.
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8m ago02.47 EDTWelcomeThe UK Met Office has extended a red heat alert into Friday for a large area of south-east England, the first time such warnings have been issued for three days in a row.The red warning is in place until 9pm for London, Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Hampshire and Kent. Amber heat warnings are in place for a wider area on Friday, and are running into Saturday for parts of east and south-east England.On Friday, swathes of Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland face yellow warnings for thunderstorms.A weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain is in place across Scotland for the entirety of Friday, following days of baking temperatures.
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