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Britain recorded its hottest day on Tuesday, with temperatures exceeding 40C (104F) as the heatwave intensified.

People were devoting all their energy to keeping cool as temperatures continued to rise.

Social media and newspaper debates were based on the basic do's and don'ts of surviving a heatwave

While many were heading to the beach for a cooling swim, others headed into work because that's where the ACs are.

But even the beach lost its appeal as the waters started warming up.

London's Google Cloud data center faced an outage due to cooling-related failures

The WMO warned that heatwaves will occur more and more frequently, into the 2060s

The pattern according to researchers is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity.

Sources state that elderly folk and those with pre-existing health conditions are more likely to fall victim to the heatwave.