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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Lucy Thornton

Met Office boss brands UK summer 'scary' and fires warning ahead of second 36C heatwave

The UK’s chief ­meteorologist says the country is entering into scary, uncharted waters as we are hit by a second ­massive heatwave this year.

Met Office boss Paul Davies fears a 35C heatwave such as the one we are baking under this week, may now occur once every five years and annually by the end of the century.

And the history-making 40C experienced last month, which caused homes to burn down, our runways to melt and railways to buckle, could hit the UK every three years in 77 years.

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