The July heatwave wasn’t a one-off, freak weather event - there is another heatwave coming as Brits around the country brace themselves for soaring temperatures in excess of 40C.The second heatwave that will see mercury topping 30C in swathes of the UK, will be a super-heatwave, hot on the heels of July’s scorching temperatures which caused havoc in the UK and in some cases, even tragically proved fatal. According to the New Scientist, approximately 1,000 people may have perished in England and Wales in the previous heatwave, while the double-digit weather also saw roads melting in some areas, causing the country to grind to a standstill. Weather models from July's heatwave where temperatures reached a sweltering high of 40.3 in Lincolnshire, are similar to models predicting August's temperature, forecasting another heatwave is on its way.
The Northern Agenda: What the hell just happened?
20.07.2022 - 15:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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By ROB PARSONS - July 20 2022
'Today was a game changer', reflected West Yorkshire Fire Service's deputy chief fire officer Dave Walton after returning home from a shift that had tested him and other Northern colleagues to the limit.
As temperatures climbed above 40C for the first time ever in the UK yesterday, giving rise to tinder-dry conditions, major fire incidents were declared in South Yorkshire and North Yorkshire as well as Lincolnshire, London and elsewhere.
In South Yorkshire, a row of houses in the Moorland Avenue area of Barnsley was consumed by flames, with crews continuing to battle fires elsewhere in the area. Doncaster Council said a major blaze in Clayton also spread to three residential properties and there were reports of houses on fire in the Kiveton Park and Maltby areas of Rotherham.
On Twitter last night, Mr Walton wrote: "'What the hell just happened?’ - My partner (a 999 Fire Control supervisor) and I both used exactly the same phrase as we got home from work today."
Paying tribute to the "awe inspiring work of firefighters, fire control staff, officers and support staff", he said 999 calls were "stacked and bouncing around the various fire Controls around the country".
He added: "Fire crews were going from one incident to the next, to the next…it has been brutal. I’ve never known so many major incidents declared at a whole Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) level at once. I lost count at one point.
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