an urgent international appeal has been launched, to help the millions of people affected by the flooding in pakistan. a third of the country is currently submerged and more than 1,100 people have died in what the un has called a climate catastrophe . now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people s homes at the end of the uk s hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, i ll hear about london fire brigade s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i m talking to the scientist whose near real time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summer s weather extremes. they ll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is that is a huge difference. also on weather world devastating
in prices in nearly four decades, but said it would be painful. those are your latest headlines. now on bbc news, weather world. this time on weather world, record heat, drought and the fire that ripped at the end of the uk s hottest day. as temperatures hit a0 celsius for the first time, i ll hear about london fire brigade s busiest day since world war two. and why wildfires are a growing problem. and i m talking to the scientist whose near real time analysis has shown how climate change has supercharged this summer s weather extremes. they ll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is that is a huge difference. also on weather world devastating drought for east africa, facing an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. and how the same weather pattern could bring yet more flooding rain to eastern australia. t
supercharged this summer s weather extremes. they ll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is. that is a huge difference. also on weather world devastating drought for east africa, facing an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. and how the same weather pattern could bring yet more flooding rain to eastern australia. this is weather world. this is wennington, a small village which, despite being in east london, is surrounded by a lot of grassland and farmland. it was a place that few people outside the local area would ve heard of until disaster hit, when a devastating wildfire swept through the village at the end of the day when the uk hit a0 degrees celsius for the very first time. tonight at 10:00, the uk has today recorded its highest ever temperature 40.3 degrees celsius in lincolnshire. july the 19th
showers and breezy, cooler towards north sea facing coasts. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says middle income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest with families facing tough choices. it is going to be a choice of, you know, the kids need to eat, obviously. i don t. and that is the stark reality that we are facing at the moment. two men arrested on suspicion of murdering nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was shot dead in her home in liverpool, have been released on bail. a national emergency has been declared in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. it follows the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. the us state department has announced that president biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the area. now on bbc news, weather world, record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people s homes a
driven by the intertropical convergence zone, or the itcz, a band of thunderstorms that encircles the planet near the equator. the strong heat of the sun causes air to rise, helped by converging trade winds from northern and southern hemispheres, generating a zone of intense downpours. as the sun shifts northwards and southwards, relative to the earth, so does the itcz. as it moves northwards, it brings the so called long rains from march to may. this year, those long rains failed. as it moves back southwards, there s a briefer wet season, known as the short rains, from october to december, and long range forecasts suggest this could fail, too. 0ranges and browns on this map show predicted rainfall below normal. this would mean an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. one reason is a long lasting la nina in the pacific, which can bring weather impacts across the globe, including dryness in east africa.