Around the world, 2023 has been a year of deadly extreme weather, from wildfires in Greece, Algeria and Canada to heatwaves in India and Texas to flooding in South Korea and China.
Due to the climate crisis, the UK will face a greater frequency of flash floods, winter storms and summer heatwaves.
England is “not ready” to respond to extreme heatwaves, according to researchers at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
Last July saw England record heat over 40C for the first time, with excess deaths in over-65s at 2,800 people during the summer’s heatwaves. Over the last few years, flooding has led to people’s homes becoming uninhabitable, losing thousands of pounds, and in some cases death. Storms have wrecked businesses and disrupted livelihoods.
We want to hear from you. How have you been impacted by extreme weather such as floods, heatwaves and storms in the UK in recent years? Has your livelihood been affected? How have you had to adapt to increasingly extreme weather?
