After the U.K. has its warmest-ever night, residents brace for record-breaking temperatures.
Millions of people in Britain woke from the country’s warmest-ever night on Tuesday and braced for a day when temperatures are forecast to hit 40 degrees Celsius, as a heat wave scorching Europe wallops a country more used to mild weather and rain.
The temperature Monday reached 38.1 C at Santon Downham in eastern England, just shy of the highest-ever temperature recorded in Britain — 38.7 C, a record set in 2019. Tuesday is expected to be hotter. Many people coped with the heat wave by staying put. Road traffic was down from its usual levels on Monday. Trains ran at low speed out of concern for buckled rails, or did not run at all. London’s Kings Cross Station, one of the country’s busiest rail hubs, was empty on Tuesday, with no trains on the busy east coast line connecting the capital to the north and Scotland. London’s Luton Airport had to close its runway because of heat damage.
At least five people were reported to have drowned across the U.K. in rivers, lakes and reservoirs while trying to cool off.
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