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21/06/2005: "Heatwave set to 'last until the weekend'"
Don't put your sun cream away just yet - most of Britain is likely to sizzle until the weekend, forecasters said yesterday.
The heatwave, fuelled by sub-tropical winds from the Azores, sent the mercury soaring to 33.1°C (91.6°F) on Sunday. It will be cooler today across England and Wales but will warm up again tomorrow and on Thursday.
However, Northern Ireland and Scotland could see heavy rain, the Met Office said. North Yorkshire had nearly a month's worth of rain in just three hours on Sunday. The deluge was so sudden - 27mm fell in just 15 minutes of torrential rain - there was no time to issue warnings.
The floods had already washed away roads and cut off villages by the time the Environment Agency posted a warning. 'It did come a bit out of the blue,' said spokesman Craig McGarvie, adding that global warming might be to blame. 'A lot places that have been flooded are not normally flooded.'
(this article was taken from thisistravel.com and was written by Metro)
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