Nowaday there’s heat condition in many countries. In UK, Met Office forecasters issued a level two heat warning with the mercury set to rocket to 91F (33C) by the end of the week.
The health conditions could also lead to a build up of smog in towns and cities across central and southern regions of the UK.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has raised its pollution forecast. Soaring humidity could make parts of the UK feel close to 100F (38C) by the end of the week, hotter than Honolulu and the Mediterranean.
The forecast sparked fears that thousands of people could be at risk and that hundreds could die as in the last extreme heatwave in 2009.
The heat alert, coming into force with temperatures not expected to fall below 86F (30C) in the day and 59F (15C) at night.
People are being urged to take extra care and drink plenty of water to prevent dehydration.
Forecasters have warned Saturday will see most of the UK lashed by torrential downpours, lightning and hail with flash flooding likely. The Met Office has a severe weather warning in place across the whole of England with “significant” widespread flooding likely.
Four days of soaring temperatures in 2009 led to 300 additional deaths, according to the Department of Health and July 2006’s 14-day heatwave resulted in 680. A hot spell in August 2003 saw temperatures hit 101.3F (38.5C) leading to an extra 2,139 deaths, records show.
The Met Office said the extreme heat is due to a swathe of roasting air set to flood in from the Continent on Friday.
Source :- Express.co.uk