Cabinet Office Minister Kit Malthouse will chair a meeting of the Cobra civil contingencies committee on the heatwave, ahead of the amber alert which begins on Sunday.
East Anglia is particularly parched this summer after it saw just two thirds of its normal rainfall in the first half of this year, making it the region s driest half-year period since 1996.
Summer could be the hottest on record with Brits set to bake in 30C heat today, as forecasters warn we now face historic, even unprecedented heat dome - a mass of stagnant hot air - over Europe.
Brits have shared their pain after another sleepless night in the heat as it s revealed this summer could be the hottest on record with the country set to bake in 86F (30C) heat today
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