Britain convenes its second emergency crisis meeting of the summer as temperatures approach 38 degrees Celsius, nearly a thousand wildfires burn across England and Wales, and three-quarters of the country sinks into drought. What is unfolding is not merely a weather event but a reckoning — a moment when a nation built for grey skies and gentle rain confronts the possibility that the climate it has always known is gone. The emergency is immediate, but the question it raises is longer: how does a society reorganize itself around a future it was not designed for?
UK convenes emergency Cobra meeting as extreme heat triggers wildfires and drought crisis
Emergency services personnel face dangerous working conditions; vulnerable populations at risk from heat-related illness; potential water supply restrictions affecting 165,000 residents.
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