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Tuesday 29 September 2020
Health experts have issued a warning to people in the UK to take care in the sun.
A record-breaking heatwave on the east coast has fanned hundreds of fires.
The average national temperature increased from 40.9 degrees Celsius on Tuesday, to 41.9 degrees yesterday.
On Saturday as conditions worsen, west Sydney is due to tip over 46 degrees Celsius.
It was very, very hot across Europe this week… but which of these things happened as the continent baked in the sun?
The warm temperatures and heatwaves experienced recently are expected to be even warmer in the coming years.
Meanwhile, Germany again hit a national record of 41.5 degrees in Lingen, western Germany.
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Britain’s Met Office predicted a chance that the UK record of 38.5C would be exceeded today.
Paris was expected to see the mercury soar to as much as 41 or 42 degrees Celsius today.
The UK could face temperatures more than 10 degrees warmer than Ireland on Thursday.
Ireland is once again set to escape the extreme temperatures.
Temperatures went above 45 degrees in France last week, with experts saying that climate change was a major contributor.
But the reprieve was not universal, with Germany measuring a record high temperature for June.
The heat has already claimed several lives, including a 17-year-old harvest worker in Spain and a 72-year-old homeless man in Italy.
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Mainland Europe is in the grips of an unprecedented heatwave.
Forecasters have predicted that it’s going to get even warmer across the continent.
High temperatures and sunny weather are predicted for the west and south tomorrow.
Hot air from north Africa will push temperatures up from this weekend.
The record smashing month comes hot on the heels of the hottest December on record.
Authorities said they ordered forced outages to reduce the risk of the entire grid failing.
Heat-stressed bats are falling from trees.
High temperatures are not unusual in Australia during its arid southern hemisphere summer.
According to the forecaster, the unusually warm summer was down to a shift in the north Atlantic jet stream.
Documents show that Irish Water made the request for when schools broke for the summer holidays.
The World Cup and royal wedding also helped alcohol and magazine sales this year.
Recent UN sanctions have deepened the food crisis in the secretive state.
The summer heatwave has seen the price of fodder rise across the board.
Europe has baked in near-record temperatures but some respite is on the horizon after weeks of nonstop sunshine.
Storms and snow have depleted bee populations, but it may not entirely be a bad thing.
With almost no rainfall since May, Sweden has experienced its hottest July in more than 250 years.
The countries are bracing themselves for wildfires.
The hottest day of the year occurred on 28 June at Shannon Airport.
The country is trying to avoid a repeat of last year’s deadly wildfires.
The sale of lager was up 11.6% compared to the same 12 week period last year.
While most have been enjoying the heatwave in recent weeks, it has had unexpected side-effects for emergency services.
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Ferry companies were unable to take excess passengers.
Fitness columnist David Last runs through some top tips for training during the good weather.
It’ll be a bit of a mixed bag in the coming days, but temperatures are finally expected to drop.
ENGLAND HAS INTRODUCED new rules that could see people receive fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to self-isolate.
This means that anyone who has tested positive or has been a close contact of a Covid-19 case and fails to quarantine could receive a hefty penalty.
There have been some calls for a similar system here too, to prevent the spread of the virus and to stop any flouting of rules.
So today we want to know: Should people who fail to self-isolate be fined?
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