He explained that such temperatures in June carry significant health implications from heat stress and affect sectors including transport, energy, and water supply.
This event marked the first time since the introduction of extreme heat warnings in 2021 that a red warning was issued for three consecutive days in the UK.
Met Office projections suggest that hot spells will become increasingly frequent in the future, particularly across the south-east of the UK, with the most intense rises occurring in summer.
Concurrently, a rapid modeling study by Dr Christopher Callahan at Indiana University found that the broader European heatwave caused more than 20,000 deaths between June 22 and June 28.
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The analysis estimated 5,000 excess deaths in France, 4,500 in Germany, 3,000 in Spain, 2,700 in Italy, 1,070 in Poland, and 862 deaths in the UK.
