UK weather LIVE – Emergency Cobra meeting held over 40C national heatwave as new health alert warnings issued

DANGEROUS temperatures are expected over the next few days, leading government ministers to hold an emergency meeting.

Ministers are coming up with emergency plans since the Met Office has extended the Amber health warning to Monday.

Temperatures will only reach around 28C today, but there’s a chance that temperatures may reach 40C this weekend, causing serious risk to life.

A UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph: “here’s a possibility of a level four heatwave. If it gets above 104F (40C), then it is likely to be a level four heatwave for the first time.”

However, forecasting models predicting extreme heat are outliers, meteorologists say – with most believing temperatures will hit the “low to mid-30s” instead.

Met Office forecaster Dan Stroud reassured Brits that such heat is still “unlikely”, but said it will get much hotter in the days to come.

“At the moment, we’re expecting temperatures to rise over the course of next weekend,” he said.

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