{"id":655404,"date":"2026-06-24T07:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/655404\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T07:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:15:09","slug":"uk-heatwave-red-extreme-heat-warning-to-take-effect-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/655404\/","title":{"rendered":"UK heatwave: Red extreme heat warning to take effect &#8211; live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of UK braced for extreme red heat warningpublished at 06:29 BST<\/p>\n<p>06:29 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman holds a fan to her face as she gets off the tube\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c3d9095f-fa45-4b1c-8333-618bf75df057.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It&#8217;s predicted to be an exceptionally hot day across the UK, with the Met Office&#8217;s red weather warning for extreme heat for parts of England and Wales due to kick in at 09:00. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This means the heat is likely to bring impacts to health and could be a danger to life, but also a risk to infrastructure such as power supplies and transport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The warning covers parts of central and southern England, and parts of south Wales, lasting until 21:00 on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The red warning is an upgrade in severity from yesterday&#8217;s amber warning for extreme heat, which also covered parts of England and Wales. Those in Wisley, Surrey were feeling the heat the most, where it reached 34.6C.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Expect delays on roads, tracks and in the air, the Met Office has warned. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll be covering the ongoing impact of the heat throughout the day, as well as sharing some tips for dealing with the weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parts of UK braced for extreme red heat warningpublished at 06:29 BST 06:29 BST Image source, Getty Images&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-655404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}