Kirsty Hammond looks at the effect of climate change on UK homes in the summer
2023 will be remembered as the year that brought many extreme heat waves and as a result forest fires.
Europe in particular has been affected, with the effects being felt most severely in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain.
Cerberus Anticyclone is one of the first major heat waves to be titled, temperatures have exceeded 48ºc and break all records.
Sadly this event also led to record breaking highs in the Arctic.
In June 2023 the European Environment Agency warned that even many schools and hospitals were to be at risk from the heat. Scientists have of course attributed the extreme weather temperatures this year to manmade climate change.
Data shows that heat waves are becoming more and more frequent and intense. In 2003 70,000 people died due to heat related illness, whilst 2022 saw a mortality rate of almost 62,000, 2023 is yet to conclude.
