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Conservative party members at this hustings event that is taking place in cardiff and wales. everything else will bring to you on bbc news. hello. a little bit of good news in the weather forecast — if youve had enough of that humidity, it will freshen up over the next day or so, particularly across southern parts of the uk. the not—so—good news, or in fact, the bad news is that it will stay very dry, at least for most of us. sure, therell be a few scattered showers here and there, but tha...

In the surrounding areas and mandatory evacuations are underway, with nearly 2000 people forced to flee their homes, officials say it on friday and the fire was made worse by thunderstorms and wind over the weekend. for more on this story, at the scene in weather center, it is a tragic story of extremes, flooding and wildfires, here in the united states and fire scorching portugal and italy and was latest on the or cast? >> a very unfortunate set up with the weather pattern that led to these he...

The Central Coast might see some scattered rain showers this week.

To it than that. lets head into the bbc weather studios to find out more. so, lets define a heatwave. lets find out what that actually means, and it means different things in different parts of the uk. its at least three days with the temperature above a certain threshold, and that threshold differs by county. look at this map from the met office which shows the different thresholds. the white areas, for example — all of scotland and northern ireland, much of wales — that threshold is 25 cel...

It has been 46 days without rain, and all of that is just fueling the fire danger. firefighters continue to brave temperatures hovering around 110. battling 18 active wildfires burning across texas. threatening 1200 homes. drought conditions driven by weeks of triple digit heat are turning the lone star state into a tinderbox. >> i just think about all the loss it is like my birth right has just been burnt up. >> its so hot texas trains are slowing down. the dallas dart system capping speeds at ...

Its notjust humans feeling the heat. chester zoo is closed because of high temperatures for the first time in its 90—year history. species—specific cooling measures include frozen fruit for the chimpanzees. and as many of us struggle to keep cool, conservationists are worried about the impacts on nature. more hot days and drought, the wildlife trust says, means its nature reserves risk wildfires and other lasting impacts on important habitat. this moss peatland in the north—west of england...

This type of heatwave is very worrying, and it is a little bit of a taste of things to come. were expecting heatwaves to be more intense, to have these very high temperatures and to be longer, last longer, and be more frequent. with our shifting weather patterns, conservationists are concerned about wildfires and other lasting impacts on nature. this looks so dry. peat should be wet. it shouldnt be like this. this moss peatland in the north west of england should be saturated. the team here says...

Change is degrading this precious peatland mud, and that that will have knock—on effects for our environment. its the change in weather pattern, so were getting more and more periods of little rainfall or no rainfall. and because of that, then, you know, were talking nearly a metre, probably even further down, which is actually dry peat. and peat should be wet. peat should be wet. we should have sphagnum on top of it, the right type of plants, so it can suck in and store carbon. human greenhou...

For our environment. its the change in weather pattern, so were getting more and more periods of little rainfall or no rainfall. and because of that, then, you know, were talking nearly a metre, probably even further down, which is actually dry peat. and peat should be wet. peat should be wet. we should have sphagnum on top of it, the right type of plants, so it can suck in and store carbon. human greenhouse gas emissions have already warmed the world by, on average, about 1.1 celsius, and globa...

Widespread impacts in these areas as well. weve seen record temperatures, spain and portugal, this excessive heat lifting north through france and into the uk as the weekend goes on. a natural weather pattern to get heat from the south into the uk over summer, unnatural to see such high temperatures. the reason — climate change. now is the time to bring as much cool air into the house as possible with some temperatures in single figures as saturday begins. a good time to open up the windows if...