UK HEATWAVE LIVE: MET OFFICE ISSUES EXTREME HEAT WARNING AS GOVERNMENT CONVENES EMERGENCY COBRA MEETING

Parts of country face fifth heatwave of the summer with highs of 38C forecast this week Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the… Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June’s unseasonally hot weather had an economic cost of £2.36bn.

Climate crisis | The Guardian reports that parts of country face fifth heatwave of the summer with highs of 38C forecast this week Repeated debilitating heatwaves this summer are likely to have cost the UK economy more than £4bn in lost economic output by the…

The report adds: Green thinktank Verdant had suggested June’s unseasonally hot weather had an economic cost of £2.36bn.

Updating its assessment to include last month’s high temperatures, it finds a £4.4bn hit to output.

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