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Jul 21, 2022
Britain recorded its hottest day on Tuesday, with temperatures exceeding 40C (104F) as the heatwave intensified.
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People were devoting all their energy to keeping cool as temperatures continued to rise.
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Social media and newspaper debates were based on the basic do's and don'ts of surviving a heatwave
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While many were heading to the beach for a cooling swim, others headed into work because that's where the ACs are.
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But even the beach lost its appeal as the waters started warming up.
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London's Google Cloud data center faced an outage due to cooling-related failures
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The WMO warned that heatwaves will occur more and more frequently, into the 2060s
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The pattern according to researchers is linked to the observed warming of the planet that can be attributed to human activity.
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Sources state that elderly folk and those with pre-existing health conditions are more likely to fall victim to the heatwave.
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Even the heated final voting rounds of the race to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister seemed to diminish in comparison.
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