“It’s hot. On that, everyone is in agreement. It is really hot.” British phlegm of rigor in the columns of the Daily Telegraph in the face of extreme temperatures expected in the United Kingdom on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July. “The record of 38.7°C, recorded in 2019, should undoubtedly be broken”, says the conservative daily. “It will be hotter than in the Sahara. And that in India. And that in Pakistan. And that in Algeria. And that in Ethiopia”, title, dumbfounded, The Sun. Around 40°C in some localities. Never seen.
A sign of the unprecedented nature of this heat wave, England finds itself placed on heatwave red alert for the first time. “The national emergency has been declared and some schools have indicated that they are moving to distance learning or that they will close at lunchtime”, noted The Times. The Met Office, the British equivalent of Météo France, and the government advise people to“avoid going out”, telework and hydrate regularly