Has it really killed people? I would like to see some genuine examples.
Drowning because you jump into a flooded quarry is NOT a death caused by a heatwave.
If it's old people dying of dehydration, they were likely dying anyway and this just speeded the process up by a couple of days.
If you read my original email you will note that I'm not moaning about the heat, merely pointing out that, despite all the wild exaggerations in the press, this cannot really be described as a heatwave.
Look, we don't very often have an extended period of warm and sunny weather, so it's not unreasonable to expect a number of different threads on this exciting subject.
England heatwave warnings extended
For most of the country we have not had temperatures over 30 degrees for any extended period of time in the past couple of weeks. Maybe for an hour or so on two or three days.
Temperatures in the upper 20s is not a frigging HEATWAVE. Pretty warm for the UK...