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Jul 18 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
⚠️ Met Office forecasters have warned that temperatures could reach a record-breaking 41C in the next two days, with a red extreme heat warning in place across most of England

Follow this #thread for the latest #heatwave news and advice 👇
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🌡️Today's UK weather forecast 👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1… UK weather forecast - 18 Ju...
😴NEW: Chief meteorologist at the Met Office Paul Davies warned Monday night will be "very oppressive" and it will be difficult to sleep in the heat

Read our guide to sleeping during a heatwave here👇
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🧊Professor Penny Endersby, the chief executive of the Met Office, said we will need to start installing "cooling centres" in cities for people to escape the heat, Lizzie Roberts reports

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telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1… London commuters in the heat
☀️The UK could see temperatures in excess of 43 degrees, the Met Office has warned, as Britain braces for record-breaking temperatures

Read more on our #heatwave2022 liveblog ⤵️
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👑A member of the Queen's Guard receives a drink of water outside Buckingham Palace as temperatures cross 30 degrees

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1… A member of the Queen's Gua...
🔴Downing Street has defended Boris Johnson for not chairing Cobra meetings on the heatwave while finding time to take a ride in a Typhoon fighter jet

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1… Boris Johnson visits RAF Co...
⚠️Some schools are closing and speed limits have been introduced on rail lines because of the extreme weather caused by the heatwave

Read more: telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1… A woman and a child rest in...
🔴A 13-year-old boy has died after going missing in a river as emergency services make urgent appeals for people to stay out of dangerous waterways and reservoirs

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🔴NEW: Schools close and operations cancelled as temperatures inch towards record highs

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1…
❓How do people actually die from heat, who is most at risk – and how do you protect yourself?

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
🌡️NEW: Wales has provisionally recorded its hottest day on record, with the temperature reaching 35.3C in Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth, the Met Office said

telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/1… Swimmers in the River Wye
🔴NEW: Cars burst into flames and runway melts as England nears 43C record

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🔴NEW: Luton airport runway melts and cars burst into flames

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