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The Met Office of the United Kingdom (UK), the country’s national weather service, on Friday issued a red warning for extreme heat, the highest-level alert.
The alert, issued for the first time, is an upgrade from an amber warning that has been put in place until the end of Tuesday.
“Exceptional, perhaps record-breaking, temperatures are likely on Monday, then again on Tuesday,” it said.
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The highest temperature recorded in the UK so far was 38.7 degrees Celsius at Cambridge Botanic Garden in July 2019.
The Met Office said it expects “population-wide adverse health effects, not limited to those most vulnerable to extreme heat, leading to serious illness or danger to life.”
(Xinhua/NAN)
