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Burnham to Chair Cobra Meeting on Extreme Heat as Temperatures Surge Again
The government has agreed to a national wildfire summit as firefighters warn 5,000 more are needed to meet the crisis.
- The Prime Minister is chairing a COBRA meeting this Wednesday to coordinate the UK's response to extreme heat, wildfires, and drought as Britain enters its fifth heatwave.
- Following sustained hot weather, 966 wildfires have been recorded across England and Wales since January, while 71.3% of England is now in drought, impacting 45 million people.
- Steve Wright, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union , warned Britain faces a "national emergency" right now, while The Government announced £97 million to upgrade firefighting capabilities.
- Water use restrictions now affect 27 million residents, and an estimated 2,700 excess deaths occurred in May and June as temperatures continue straining Health and emergency services.
- Labour MP Clive Lewis suggested the meeting agenda prioritize "North Sea Oil," arguing Andy Burnham's openness to drilling contradicts addressing the climate crisis driving these conditions.
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The United Kingdom is bracing for a day of sweltering heat this Thursday, August 13th: temperatures are forecast to reach 38°C in a country ill-equipped for extreme heat. As in the rest of Europe, this is the fifth heatwave since May. The Prime Minister convened a crisis meeting at Downing Street on Wednesday afternoon, the first since Andy Burnham took office in mid-July.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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British premier Andy Burnham has called for a temporary stop to the sale and use of portable barbecue kits not to fuel the threat of spreading fires even in some areas of the United Kingdom against the backdrop of the fifth wave of... (ANSA)
·Rome, Italy
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