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Monday 2 August 2021
A Status Yellow thunderstorm and rain warning will be in place for the entire country for an hour tonight.
Northern Ireland exceeded its highest temperature on record today while it was also the hottest day of the year in the Republic.
The past few days have been absolute scorchers.
Temperatures are set to remain in the high 20s this week.
High to very high UV levels are expected today and over the coming days.
Met Eireann recorded highs of 28.2 degrees in Roscommon.
The high temperatures and warm weather will continue over the weekend and into next week.
Most of the wildfires were caused by lightning strikes.
In Vancouver, police have responded to more than 65 sudden deaths since the heatwave began.
Officials said more than a half-dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to the intense heat.
The temperatures were unheard of in a region better known for rain.
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.
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.
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.
A NUMBER OF Bishops and priests say they intend to hold communions and confirmations, despite Covid-19 public health advice.
Last week, the Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran said he had held discussions with senior priests in his diocese, and decided that scheduled ceremonies would proceed in line with public health regulations.
He said the guidance issued by Government was advice rather than regulation.
Parish priest Fr Joe McDonald told The Irish Independent today that he has 1,200 children awaiting confirmation and communion, half of whom have been waiting since last year.
However, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly told the same paper that he urged Catholic bishops not to resume the ceremonies.
He appealed to clergy to stick with the public health guidelines, pointing out that Covid-19 is a deadly virus.
So, today we’re asking: Should communions and confirmations be allowed go ahead this month?
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