The Met Office has finalised a grim UK heatwave death toll for the early summer months, confirming today that over 2,700 people died from heat-related complications across England and Wales during the blistering temperatures of May and June.
In case you missed it, Britain has already baked through a record-breaking nine days this year where temperatures topped 34°C. That brutal streak beats the legendary milestone summers of 1976 and 2020 by a full two days. It also marks the very first time since British weather records began that the mercury breached 35°C across three consecutive months in May, June, and July.
