27th August - Today's News: UK's Hottest Summer

 This summer will ‘almost certainly’ be warmest on record for the UK - although 1976 will remain the warmest in the CET record.   Whilst we've not had any really exception heat, the summer has been persistently warm across the whole of the UK.

On the North York Moors, mine staff evacuated as moor fire continues with further eveaacuations today as 'it seems like anywhere you go, the fire follows'

In North Wales, Ffestiniog trains used as 'fire engines on rails' in hot weather after a bank holiday record for Wales as hottest place in UK

Summer 2025 ranks among Spain's hottest ever after historic August heatwave

California and Oregon fire crews battle several blazes as forecasters warn more may spark

Flash floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir as over 150,000 are displaced in Punjab

Three killed after ‘absolutely terrifying’ Typhoon Kajiki lashes Vietnam

Heatwaves may be speeding up your biological ageing, study warns

Data centres are vital for the future and AI but their environmental footprint can be a problem

And car colours and climate change: How your car’s paint job worsens the urban heat island effect

 

 

 

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