{"id":13701,"date":"2022-07-19T20:36:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13701"},"modified":"2022-07-19T20:36:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T03:36:41","slug":"a-wake-up-call-as-extreme-heat-hits-uk-experts-say-net-zero-is-the-only-way-out-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13701","title":{"rendered":"“\u2018A wake-up call\u2019: as extreme heat hits UK, experts say net zero is the only way out”, The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Booth, Gwyn Topham, Peter Walker and Geneva Abdul, London, 19 July 2022<\/p>\n

As UK reaches 40C and fires blaze, scientists warn of such temperatures every three years if emissions are not lowered<\/em><\/p>\n

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Flames destroyed buildings and devoured tinder-dry fields in Wennington, east London. London Fire Brigade declared a major incident due to \u2018a huge surge\u2019 in blazes across the capital.<\/span>Photograph: Leon Neal\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hundreds of firefighters battled blazes across England on Tuesday as temperatures surged to a historic high of 40.3C, capping two days of extreme heat that scientists warn is \u201ca wake up call\u201d for the climate emergency.<\/p>\n

In what climate experts labelled \u201ca grim milestone\u201d, the previous record temperature of 38.7C was first broken at Charlwood in Surrey before noon and then surpassed at Heathrow, which broke the 40C mark at 12.50pm. By 4pm at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, the thermometer showed 40.3C \u2013 a full 1.6C higher than the previous 2019 high, which was exceeded at least 34 sites across the country.<\/p>\n

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