Guardian editorial warns UK dangerously unprepared as extreme heat risks escalate
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This Guardian editorial warns that the UK and western Europe are dangerously unprepared for the escalating risks of extreme heat, as a heat dome brings record-breaking temperatures. It highlights heat-related deaths, school closures, and transport disruptions, arguing that adaptation plans are lagging far behind the accelerating climate dangers. The piece calls for urgent action on heat-resilient infrastructure, public health protections, and a fundamental shift in how society treats heat as a deadly threat rather than an inconvenience.
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· 3 pulledReports of dozens of drownings, and heat-linked deaths of children and elderly people in France, are a stark reminder of the threat to life from extreme heat
The red alert covering most of southern England and Wales for Wednesday and Thursday is only the second such warning to be issued
Record-breaking temperatures should focus minds on the UK's lack of preparedness for the climate dangers ahead
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