WEATHER: Japan Meteorological Agency issues yellow warning for 'prolonged' heat wave
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Tomorrow the UK will experience another heat wave as drought could be declared in parts of the country. I'm here. A satellite image taken Wednesday by the EU's Earth observation program Copernicus showed swaths of the country turning from green to brown in scorching conditions.
"Yesterday, August 10th, Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this nearly cloudless image of Britain.
" caused by the ongoing drought. The disturbing dryness of the vegetation is clearly visible.
Another post shows the difference between two satellite images of Cambridge in August 2021 and August 2022.
The caption read, "Britain is Drought has not escaped: The effects of the lack of rain are visible when comparing Copernicus Sentinel-2 images of the area around Cambridge on August 11, 2021 and August 8, 2022.
Mercury is expected to reach as high as 34 degrees today and reach as high as 36 degrees over the weekend in areas where the warning is in effect.
Meanwhile, in northern England and Scotland, Temperatures expected to be in the high 20s or low 30s
There is also a heat stroke warning issued by the UK Health Security Agency, and experts are advising people to be cautious of the elderly, those with pre-existing health conditions and young children.
72} After record-breaking temperatures last month, the first heat wave has arrived as thermometers top 40 degrees Celsius.Also, months of low rainfall have dry the ground and put it at risk of wildfires It's also after.
Japan Meteorological Agency The Fire Severity Index (FSI), an assessment of how severe a fire would be if it did break out, was very high across most of England and Wales, with a It will reach the highest level "exceptional".
In London, fire chiefs urge people not to barbecue in open spaces or balconies, extinguish cigarettes properly and dispose of garbage properly.
The London Fire Brigade said in the first week of August he said control had dispatched firefighters to deal with 340 cases of grass, debris and wildfires. This is an eight-fold increase from his 42 in the same week last year.
Meanwhile, the latest hose ban came into force on Friday against households in Kent and Sussex.
Southern Water has already implemented a ban on customers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
In London and the Thames Valley he supplies water to 15 million customers Thames He said Water will have one customer in the coming weeks.
