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UK weather today – Britain to be hotter than Cairo in 36C heatwave but flash floods leave cars floating in car park
BRITS are set to swelter through another 36C scorcher today after flash floods left cars floating in a car park overnight.
Cars in Queen Victoria Hospital car park in Fife, Scotland, were found piled on top of each other this morning after thunderstorms and heavy rainfall battered parts of the UK.
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Meanwhile, the Met Office said temperatures had reached 34.6C in central London - marking the first time since 1961 that there had been six consecutive days of 34C and above.
It comes after thunder and lightning hit South Wales, Manchester, Herefordshire, Cumbria and Lancashire overnight.
This morning, cars in Perth and Aberdeen were submerged in Water and a major incident was declared in Fife as flash floods hit.
Victoria Hospital Car Park in Kirkaldy, Fife, was left in ruin as cars parked overnight smashed into one another in the floods.
Staff from the hospital - which is still operating as normal - said their vehicles suffered extensive damage after being carried away by gallons of water.
But the Met Office has warned the extreme conditions won’t do enough to bring temperatures down - with highs of 36C hotter than Cairo (32C).
Met Office Meteorologist John Griffiths warms the heatwave - which is unusually long running in comparison to what the UK normally experiences - is here to stay.
The daily high temperature comes with a thunderstorm warning - although the Met Office say the rainfall has been sparse and does little to lower the temperatures.
Mr Griffiths explains that the short storms seen today add to the already humid weather, and that Brits should brave for another “uncomfortable night of sleeping” in sticky, 20C temperatures.
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However away from these short rainy spells will be “plenty of hot sunshine.”
Tonight into Thursday will see more outbreaks of heavy, sporadic thunderstorms across southern Britain.
The heatwave is expected to continue again tomorrow, however moderator slightly with an expected temperature of 31C.
Friday will cool again further to around 27C.
The Met Office say the heatwave will be officially dropped by Saturday, with Brits enjoying some much cooler conditions over the weekend.
Villagers in Mid Sussex left without water for five days
Villagers have been left without water for five days during Britain's hottest heat wave on record.
Around 300 homes in Mid Sussex have not had running water since August 7 due to low pressure caused by more people and businesses running their taps.
Specialist water tankers have had to be brought in, along with bottled water stations to help the desperate residents.
Six villages including Bolney, Bolnore Village, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, Slaugham and Warninglid were affected by the outage with others in the area suffering from "intermittent supplies".
Neil Davies, who lives in Warninglid, West Sussex, said: "It is a ridiculous situation.
"Everyone in the village is calling up South East Water and is being given a different story."
"The water board is offering no timeline as to when the service might be restored. It is the second time in three years we have had this."
Steve Andrews, head of central operations at South East Water, apologised yesterday (Tues) for the problems and pledged to restore the service, urging residents to use water cautiously.
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But the start of the working week will see the temperatures climb back high, although it is too soon to say whether the heatwave category will again be achieved.
It comes as the UK experienced its hottest August day for 17 years last Friday, with the highest temperature recorded at 38.5C at Faversham in Kent.
Beaches across the coastline have been rammed all week, with scientists fearing it may be impossible for sun seekers to stick to social distancing guidelines.
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Hospital workers' cars wrecked and piled on top of each other after devastating flooding in Kirkcaldy
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