Record-breaking temperatures should focus minds on the UK’s lack of preparedness for the climate dangers ahead As western Europe bakes under what scientists describe as a heat dome, or “atmospheric lid” , reports of dozens of drownings , and heat-linked deaths of children and elderly people in Fr...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/23/the-guardian-view-on-extreme-heat-as-risks-escalate-adaptation-plans-are-dangerously-lagging)