An old fashioned clock face style thermometer on a building in the South of the UK in July 2022 showing 40 degrees Celsius as Britain experiences unprecedented record temperatures due to global warming.
British authorities have declared a national emergency and for the first time issued a “red extreme†heat warning for large parts of England, while France’s meteorological service placed a stretch of its Atlantic coast under the highest-possible alert level.
Forecasters predicted that a number of heat records could be toppled Monday 18 Jul 2022 and Tuesday 19 Jul 2022, with Britain expecting temperatures of up to 106 degrees 41 Celsius — far above the current record of 101.7 degrees 38.7 Celsius, which was set in 2019. Temperatures in France were expected to top 104 degrees 40 Celsius and the heat was expected to linger until at least Tuesday.