Londoners Urged Not to Travel on Monday and Tuesday Due to Extreme Heat

A train passes through heat haze on a railway line near Ashford in Kent, England, on July 12, 2022. Gareth Fuller/PA Media

Expected high temperatures have prompted Londoners to be urged against travelling on Monday and Tuesday.

The current heatwave is set to peak on Tuesday, with an 80 percent chance of the mercury topping the UK’s record temperature of 38.7C (101.7F) set in Cambridge in 2019.