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Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K. s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact of life in a country ill-prepared for such extremes.
As a heat wave wreaks havoc across Europe, Britain registered its highest recorded temperatures ever, at 40.2 C (104.4 F). Countries without infrastructure to deal temperatures of this severity, such as the U.K., Spain, and Portugal are facing a high stakes challenge.
Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.