The United Kingdom (UK) had its hottest day on record on Tuesday with temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius in some places. At midday on Tuesday, the mercury rose to 40.2 degrees Celsius at London Heathrow. The sweltering heat put the country's transport and medical services to a severe test.
In the UK, it forced people to work from home and students to study remotely. Authorities told people not to take trains, which become dangerous on hot tracks that expand and bend in the heat.
In other words, don't leave home. But in the UK, which is more likely to struggle with cold rather than hot, homes too are designed to keep heat in. Desk fans are selling out all over the country.
The intense heat since Monday has damaged the runway at London’s Luton airport, forcing it to shut for several hours. London Luton Airport announced the situation via Twitter and updated its status when the airport resumed operations on Monday evening. Luton Airport's announcement came hours after the Royal Air Force (RAF) paused all flights to and from Brize Norton, its biggest air base, in Oxfordshire after a report from Sky News suggested that the runway had "melted."
Britons should “enjoy the sunshine” during the heatwave, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has said."Obviously there is some common-sense practical advice we are talking about — stay hydrated, stay out of the sun at the hottest times, wear sun cream — those sorts of things," Raab told Sky News on Sunday. "We ought to enjoy the sunshine and actually we ought to be resilient enough through some of the pressures it will place," he added, insisting there was no reason for schools to close when the mercury peaks on Monday and Tuesday.
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