U.K. Breaks Record For Highest Temperature Amid European Heat Wave
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The U.K. Met Office registered a provisional reading of 104.4 degrees Fahrenheit at Heathrow Airport, breaking the 101.7 F Britain recorded in 2019.
Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.
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The typically temperate nation was just the latest to be walloped by unusually hot, dry weather that has triggered wildfires from Portugal to the Balkans and led to hundreds of heat-related deaths. Images of flames racing toward a French beach and Britons sweltering — even at the seaside — have driven home concerns about climate change.
