London's firefighters slammed in 'busiest day since World War II'

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Wildfires have destroyed more than 40 properties across Greater London, with firefighters experiencing their busiest day since bombs rained down on the city during World War II. The UK saw its hottest day on record earlier this week. 9News MORE:

Britain needed to prepare for similar heatwaves in the future because man-made carbon emissions have already changed the climate, said Professor Stephen Belcher, chief scientist at the Met Office, the UK's national weather service."Everything is still to play for, but we should adapt to the kind of events we saw yesterday as an occasional extreme event," Baker told the BBC.

The weather walloped a country where few homes, schools or small businesses have air conditioning and infrastructure such as railroads, highways and airports aren't designed to cope with such temperatures. One of the biggest fires was in Wennington, a village on the eastern outskirts of London, where a row of houses was destroyed by flames that raced through tinder-dry fields nearby.

"Once it catches fire it spreads incredibly fast, like wildfires like you see in movies or in fires in California or in parts of France," Khan told the BBC. "As we look towards the future, it's certainly something that the UK government and fire and rescue services need to consider," he said. A respite from the severe heat helped improve conditions in France, Spain and Portugal, countries that have battled blazes for days.

 

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9NewsSyd Now que the fear mongering for climate control

we also had a massive solar flare too...

Dozens of young girls where flown to an Island where they were abused by pedophiles. Infact there is a list of these people in Ghislaine Maxwell's little black book Funny how the media isn't interested in that.

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