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☀️With projected 40C summers and biblical floods hitting us already, how can Britain guard against its shift to a sub-tropical climate?

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telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/2…

🌡️🌧️Summer is rapidly becoming the season of heatwaves, wildfires and flash floods.

🔴The Met Office’s annual climate report sheds new light on the Great British subtropical summer we must soon learn to live with

☀️Last summer, in early August, temperatures hit 34C on six consecutive days, with five "tropical nights" where the mercury did not drop below 20C.

This made it one of the most significant heatwaves to affect southern England in the past 60 years...

🥵British summers are likely to regularly see temperatures of above 40C in the future.

☔️Extreme summer flooding events are also becoming more likely

🏠One prominent concern is new-build homes that have been heavily insulated to comply with building regulations...

🪟But in some cases they have been built without the adequate ventilation to properly disperse the heat in summer

🗣️"A lot of focus has been on making homes energy efficient... but we have not been setting ourselves up to deal with heatwaves," says Professor Richard Betts

❄️More homes and businesses will require air conditioning units, and there is a fear that this will place even greater strain on our energy supply

Increased flood risk, too, will also require a rethink of the layout of our homes.

Experts advise:

🔌Moving plug sockets high up the walls

💧Using water-resistant plaster

📺Having a wall-mounted television

🔎Read our full report on how to weatherproof your home for sub-tropical Britain 👇

telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/07/2…