Heat health alerts are to come into force across parts of the UK on Friday as the country braces for a heatwave over the bank holiday weekend.
Temperatures are expected to soar as high as 30C in London, which is hotter than holiday destinations including Mykonos, Santorini, and Ibiza.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued yellow warnings across London, the South East, the East and the Midlands starting from 9am.
The warnings mean there is likely to be a minor impact on health and social services, and a “greater risk to life of vulnerable people”, according to the UKHSA.
Temperatures are set to climb to as high as 28C across the rest of the UK on Friday, with the warm weather continuing into the bank holiday weekend.
The Met Office’s Tom Morgan has indicated a 40 per cent chance that southern England could see temperatures climb to 33C on Sunday.
This could overtake the current May record of 32.8C, which was set in Camden Square, London, back in 1922.
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