The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Thursday upgraded an alert for hot weather in five regions of England as warnings were also issued for thunderstorms.
Parts of the country are predicted to be hotter than Marbella, Ibiza and Tenerife in the coming days as a plume of warm air moves in from the south, with temperatures likely to reach 28C and possibly peak at 30C.
The UKHSA issued yellow warnings for parts of England on Wednesday but on Thursday raised the level to amber for the West Midlands, east Midlands, east of England, south-east and south-west.
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