China News Service, July 15. According to the British Sky News Network, the United Kingdom issued the first "extreme high temperature" red warning in history. On July 18 and 19 local time, the highest temperature in the United Kingdom may reach 40 degrees Celsius for the first time.
According to reports, the British Health Security Agency raised the high temperature health warning level to level 4 on the 15th, and the United Kingdom immediately entered a "national emergency".
Met Office chief Penny Endersby described the extreme heat warning as "absolutely unprecedented" and urged the public to take the warning seriously.
Forecasters say the particularly hot weather will lead to serious illness or danger to life, with widespread effects on people and infrastructure.
Recently, many parts of Europe have ushered in high temperature and heat waves, and a series of wildfires have also occurred in Portugal, Spain, and France.