The Met Office has issued an orange weather warning for extreme heat for parts of the UK on Sunday, where the heat will begin to peak. Senior government officials also met to discuss plans for the first heat emergency in a bid to deal with rising temperatures, which could break records. Sky weather expert Christopher England said: “It will be a little less hot for many over the next few days, but temperatures will rise again at the weekend, peaking on Monday,” he said, adding that 30C was more likely. , and indeed a possibility of 40C somewhere in the South. However, the weather will soon drop to a much more bearable low 20s for most after then. “Temperatures will start to drop after Monday, with most areas in the low 20s, although the South East may remain warm on Tuesday,” he said. The heat has caused disruption across the UK, with railway tracks on Battersea Bridge in central London catching fire and a key RAF base forced to ground flights after the tarmac melted. If 40C is recorded in the UK, it will be the hottest ever. To see your local forecast, enter your zip code here.
