Analysis: How the UK’s ‘insane’ 40C heat was forecast ‘weeks in advance’

Before this heatwave, temperatures of 40C had never even been forecast for the UK – let alone recorded. Image: Unsplash/Belinda Fewings
Ayesha Tandon
Science Journalist, Carbon Brief

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