'If you're even in the shade outdoors at 40 degrees and 80% humidity, you won't live for very long.' Former Govt Chief Scientist Sir David King says up to 10,000 excess deaths have to be anticipated for Monday and Tuesday. mattfrei | Sir_David_King
people's lives could be at risk as they gave an 80% chance of the mercury topping the UK's record temperature of 38.7C on TuesdayCabinet Office Minister Kit Malthouse is to chair a second meeting of the Government's Cobra civil contingencies committee to discuss the impending heatwave.
Speaking to Matt Frei, Sir David said: "We're a country with relatively high humidity... High humidity, high temperatures, quite simply that's higher than the body temperature should be. The former Chief Scientist said that during the 2003 heatwave that saw 15,000 people die due to the heat in France, older people who went shopping everyday for their groceries were walking out in the sun and collapsing.
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