with governor desantis since the storm made landfall. and at my direction, fema administrator chris welch, she travelled to florida wednesday night after having been here earlier, and i approved the request within six hours at the time, governor desantis asked for a mass, a major disaster declaration. at the same time, a request from governor mcmasters of south carolina for an emergency declaration. that s a fancy way of saying just getting help immediately and all we can do under the law. and, folks, we re making federal assistance available for florida survivors whose homes or businesses damaged and destroyed. in the uk, the opposition labour party is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous type known as raac. more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to contain the material and so have had to completely or partially close. investigations in wales and northe
hello again. one of the features of this year s summer season was the highest temperature recorded in the year wasn t actually that high 32 degrees celsius. more often than not, we see temperatures reach at least the mid 30s. and the weather in the weekend is going to get a lot warmer, probably not quite reaching the 32, but 29, 30 degrees is going to be some of the warmest weather that we have seen during the year. now, on saturday, we had lots of sunshine in devon and, after the early morning cloud melted away, most of the uk did see the sunshine come out through the afternoon. the exception northern scotland, where through the night we ve got some thicker cloud and some heavier rain on the way. it s going to be a mild start to the day on sunday. temperatures around 12 15 degrees celsius. now, over the next few days, an area of high pressure is going to build over and close to the uk. and it s this that s going to bring essentially a lot of dry, wa