UK boils under another heat wave and risk of drought

With temperatures of up to

predicted on Friday and Saturday in parts of

, it will culminate a week of weather warnings for the entire United Kingdom.

The national weather service, the

Office , activated the

in much of the central and southern fringes of England and in East Wales from Thursday until sunset on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Health Security Agency raised the warning

on the care and attention of vulnerable people, including the elderly, children and those with a medical condition, to the

The MET also warns of the "very high" risk that a spark from the very popular barbecues, a poorly extinguished cigarette or another incident could cause a severe fire due to the dryness of the ground in yellowish gardens and fields.

This severity index will be "exceptional" in England over the weekend.

The new heat wave will not reach the unprecedented peaks recorded in July, according to forecasts.

So the thermometer touched 40 degrees for the first time in the UK and 35 degrees in Scotland.

The maximum of

, in the northeast of England, a record that experts trust will not be repeated in August.

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The climatic marks will not be exceeded this time, but the high temperatures of between 25 and 30 degrees will last beyond the four days that the crisis lasted last month.

The feeling of suffocation will even extend to

, which could give the official heat wave mark for Friday, according to the MET.

"Temperatures are set to rise day-on-day throughout the week due to persistent high pressure over the UK. Alongside high daytime temperatures, nights will be moderate and temperatures are not forecast to drop below 20 degrees." in some southern areas," said the agency's deputy chief meteorologist,

.

Nor are rains anticipated in the coming days and the risk of drought is imminent.

July was the driest since

and the south east of England has experienced 144 days with less than 0.55mm of rainfall in the six months to 6 August.

It is the longest period with hardly any rain in six decades and has left water reserves and river flow at a minimum.

Three

companies in England and Wales - the industry was privatized in 1989 and eleven large regional monopolies now operate - have imposed

.

In addition,

, with 15 million customers around London and the southeast of the country, is already preparing its

on "

", both for private gardens and orchards and car washes.

Additionally, three other firms have requested the pertinent permit due to the threat of drought, according to reports from the Environment Agency leaked to

The water companies are in the spotlight due to the inflated salaries of their managers and the delay in modernizing their network of pipes and canals.

Regulator Ofwat estimates that

fiscal year

.

In that same period, the executives received a global bonus of 27 million pounds (about 31 million euros) in salary packages of 48 million pounds, according to an investigation by the Liberal-Democratic Party.

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