We are doing all we can to protect the roads. The local authority has deployed highways teams to treat the affected roads.Ī post on Twitter from the council reads: 'The blistering heat has caused some roads to melt (yes, melt). Somerset County Council also say road surfaces across the county have begun to melt due to the scorching temperatures. Grit was poured on top of the melted tar to solidify it and re-attach to surfaces. In Gloucestershire emergency maintenance had to be carried out as part of the A38 was deemed unsafe. Temperatures have risen so high in recent days that roads are melting - with councils around the country carrying out emergency repairs to surfaces damaged in the heat. The confirmed death toll from the country's warm weather surge has now risen to eight after it was confirmed that a drowned swimmer's body washed up at a Wakefield nature park.
Thunderstorms and floods hit the UK after the nation basked in sweltering temperatures - with a yellow warning in place for the East Midlands, South East and East of England for Tuesday. The UK will be hotter than top holiday destinations such as Marbella, Mykonos and Tenerife over the next three days, with many forecasters predicting them to be the hottest of the year and temperatures peaking at 91.4F (33C) over the next couple of days.
The Pipeworks Bar at Pontyclun in Rhondda Cynon Taf was 'unbearable' for workers while The Stone Crab in Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire said it 'cannot let our staff continue to suffer in this hot weather'.īritain's killer heatwave claimed eight lives as the death toll continued to rise amid an unprecedented heat, thunderstorm and flood warning from the Met Office. The scorching weather has proved too much for some with a pub and a restaurant forced to shut amid searing heat in Wales. It came on the hottest day of the year so far as the mercury at Heathrow rocketed to 90F (32C) following a weekend of sun.īut the relief from the high temperatures will be short-lived with amber 'extreme heat' warnings in place for parts of the UK until Friday. Torrential downpours hit Cambridge and Essex while one social media user spotted hailstones 'the size of bouncy balls' in Milton Keynes, and some were so big that they smashed a car windscreen in Leicestershire despite the high temperatures today.Īs of 6pm on Tuesday, over two inches (60mm) of rain had fallen in just a few hours in parts of south-eastern England affected by an amber thunderstorm warning that lasted until 7pm, the Met Office said. Storms have swept in with a bang across Britain as torrential rain and thunder brought relief from the sun for some after a blistering heatwave that saw the hottest day of the year.
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