Torrential Rain In UK As Mediterrenean Hotspots Approach 110F - AFP [View All]

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A man was drowned in Britain by rising flood waters as torrential rain lashed Britain Monday, while in southern Europe a heatwave brought more deaths and disastrous fires. Emergency services in the city of Hull, in northeast England, worked for more than three hours to try to rescue the man, believed to be in his 20s, after his foot became trapped while he was apparently trying to clear a drain. Firefighters were unable to free his foot as the water inexorably rose.

Elsewhere in the country rivers broke their banks, flooding roads and homes from Devon in south-west England, to Yorkshire in the north.

The Environment Agency, which monitors weather risks nationwide, issued four severe flood warnings and 21 standard flood warnings amid forecasts that some places would receive a normal month's rain in just 24 hours.

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Temperatures were expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit) in some areas on Monday and will remain around that level during the week, the Greek weather service (EMY) said. On the island of Cyprus a 72-year-old woman died of heatstroke on Monday as the holiday island sizzled in temperatures above 40 degres Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The Mediterranean island is famed for its year-long sunshine but temperatures of 42 degrees now being recorded in the capital are extreme.

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