This Is Why

Hottest day on record: How did the UK cope?


Listen Later

As the UK sweltered in a record-breaking heatwave this week, schools closed, runways melted and train tracks buckled. And on the day the country recorded a temperature above 40C for the first time, fires destroyed homes and buildings across Greater London. What more will need to be done so the country’s infrastructure can cope in future heatwaves?

On the Sky News Daily with Niall Paterson, our science correspondent Thomas Moore outlines how climate change will make our summers hotter, Kevin Groves, chief spokesperson for Network Rail, explains how the trains and tracks coped in the heat, and Stephen Arundell, vice-chair of the Emergency Planning Society, talks about how we should think about extreme weather events in future.

Producer: Soila Apparicio
Interviews producer: Alys Bowen
Digital producer: David Chipakupaku
Editor: Philly Beaumont
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

This Is WhyBy Sky News

  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1
  • 4.1

4.1

78 ratings


More shows like This Is Why

View all
The Week in Westminster by BBC Radio 4

The Week in Westminster

32 Listeners

Daily Politics from the New Statesman by The New Statesman

Daily Politics from the New Statesman

145 Listeners

Politics Unpacked by Times Radio

Politics Unpacked

118 Listeners

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost by Sky News

Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost

21 Listeners

Newscast by BBC News

Newscast

751 Listeners

Unreliable Witness | Storycast by Sky News

Unreliable Witness | Storycast

82 Listeners

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government by Institute for Government

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

23 Listeners

TRUMP100 by Sky News

TRUMP100

95 Listeners

The Story by The Times

The Story

260 Listeners

Polonium & the Piano Player by Sky News

Polonium & the Piano Player

27 Listeners

The Wargame by Sky News

The Wargame

66 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics

3,880 Listeners

The News Agents by Global

The News Agents

1,314 Listeners

Electoral Dysfunction by Sky News

Electoral Dysfunction

120 Listeners

Political Currency by Persephonica

Political Currency

152 Listeners

Politics At Sam and Anne's by Sky News

Politics At Sam and Anne's

36 Listeners

Patient 11 by Sky News

Patient 11

36 Listeners

What Happened To Annie? by Sky News

What Happened To Annie?

8 Listeners

Dirty Work by Sky News

Dirty Work

3 Listeners

The Open Secret by Sky News

The Open Secret

0 Listeners

Queen Camilla: For The Love Of Charles by Sky News

Queen Camilla: For The Love Of Charles

7 Listeners

The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim by Sky News

The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim

191 Listeners