As the mercury climbed around the United Kingdom this week and new May maximums were recorded in multiple areas, the once-welcome sunshine is sparking alarm among many people.

In der britischen Hauptstadt London wurde am Montag ein Höchstwert von 34,8 Grad Celsius gemessen. Die britische Wetterbehörde spricht von einer beispiellosen Hitzewelle.

Temperature records are breaking and triggering government warnings, with London hitting 95 degrees the past two days. Experts say unpredictable and extreme weather is becoming…

The Met Office is ‘confident that temperatures will increase markedly’

Four teenagers, three boys and a girl, have died in ‘water-related incidents’