{"id":369889,"date":"2026-08-13T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/highest-temperature-of-the-year-as-uk-gripped-by-fifth-heatwave\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T21:00:07","slug":"highest-temperature-of-the-year-as-uk-gripped-by-fifth-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/highest-temperature-of-the-year-as-uk-gripped-by-fifth-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Highest temperature of the year as UK gripped by fifth heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/N8mq9VisT0Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Highest temperature of the year as UK gripped by fifth heatwave\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8mq9VisT0Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s amber extreme heat warning from the Met Office covered a huge area of central England, stretching from London to Sheffield. The temperature at Kew reached 38.1 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest day of the year so far. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, the tinder dry conditions have seen firecrews having to deal with numerous wild fire outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal College of Nursing has warned that hospitals and care homes are getting so hot, they aren&#8217;t just causing difficulties for patients, and even some of the nursing staff are passing out while on shift.<\/p>\n<p>And this latest heatwave, made more extreme by fossil fuel pollution, is not just causing problems for humans; zoos are also having to adapt to care for their animals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nGet more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday\u2019s amber extreme heat warning from the Met Office covered a huge area of central England, stretching from London to Sheffield. 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