Internet Finds·Posted on Jul 19, 202232 Pictures That Show Just How Incredibly, Insufferably Hot The UK Is Right NowThis is what the hottest temperature ever recorded in the UK looks like.by by Matt StoperaBuzzFeed Staff, by Dave StoperaBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Europe is melting. More that 59°C was measured on the soil surface in Spain 🇪🇸 and 48°C in the south on France 🇫🇷. This is not « just summer ». It is « just hell » and will pretty soon become « just the end of human life » if we continue with our climate inaction. from GreenAndPleasant 2. Trains in Spain are passing through fiery hellscapes. Francisco Seoane Pérez @PacoSeoanePerez Momentos de pánico en el tren Madrid-Ferrol a la altura de Zamora-Sanabria, 9:30hs. El tren continuó el trayecto tras unos minutos parado. @renfe @adif @lavozdegalicia 08:02 AM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @PacoSeoanePerez 3. And it's so hot in France that the roads had to be soaked in water to prevent them from melting. Stefan Simanowitz @StefSimanowitz At the Tour de France, organisers pour water on the road to stop it melting under the riders👇 “Climate change is driving this heatwave, just as it is driving every #heatwave now," @FrediOtto #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Heatwave2022 #ClimateAction https://t.co/1EejeXI92i 10:08 AM - 16 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @StefSimanowitz 4. But we're here to talk about the UK in particular, because they just broke the record for the highest temperature EVER recorded there. Today, it reached 39.1 degrees Celsius, or 102.4 degrees Fahrenheit. ⚽ ADAM -SUFC ⚽ 🍀 🥊🏴 @adam_sufc Temperatures for the next couple of days #Heatwave2022 #UKHeatwave #heatwave 02:38 PM - 17 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @adam_sufc 5. London is on fire. efenda @efendaTv A2 Southbound by M25. 02:23 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @efendaTv 6. Trees are turning into tinder boxes. Nathan Rao @ExpressNathan BREAKING:Dartford Heath on fire as Heatwave Britain turns into a tinder box. Flames lick the A2 (pic: Emily French) #heatwave #weather #ukheatwave 01:27 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ExpressNathan 7. Airports are being shut down because the RUNWAYS are MELTING. Emmanuel Lumumba @e_lumumba Its so hot in UK, they shut down an airport because a runway was MELTING!!! Bruh!!!!🌡 08:52 AM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @e_lumumba MELTING! 8. That road isn't wet, it's melting. Blessed Bobby | LN4 | LFC @BlessedBobby_ The road is literally melting 🤣 03:40 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @BlessedBobby_ 9. Children are soaking their feet in buckets to keep cool at school. Sarah Hopkins @sarahhopkins522 How my children’s school is trying to keep the younger children cool in this heat #BritishSummer #UKHeatwave 10:57 AM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @sarahhopkins522 10. News channels are literally just showing live coverage of the sun. Cailee Mellen (she/her) @caileelouise Absolutely dying at @SkyNews showing live film of JUST THE SUN #UKHeatwave 10:30 AM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @caileelouise 11. Traffic lights are straight-up melting into goop. Usman Younas @uzzi0011 it’s already melting #Heatwave2022 #UKHeatwave #London 01:14 AM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @uzzi0011 12. Stickers can't stay on water bottles. E R I S. E N V Y. @ErisEnvy The sticker melted off my water bottle… #heatwave 04:37 PM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ErisEnvy 13. Garbage cans don't stand a chance. Regime Change @RegimeChangeUS So I think my bin melted... #heatwave #Heatwave2022 #HotWeather #Weather 03:02 AM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @RegimeChangeUS 14. Signs are bending backward. Mariam @MariamKSHakim Saw the road signs deteriorating /melting today at school pick up as the temperature hit 44 degrees while queuing to exit a car park 🌞🥵🔥 #heatwave #UKHeatwave #londonheatwave 04:22 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @MariamKSHakim 15. Roads are buckling upward. East Cambs Police @EastCambsCops No, the A14 is not being turned into a skatepark… unfortunately the road surface isn’t coping well in this heat ☀️. While it might look like fun it’s potentially very dangerous. #StaySafe #Heatwave #SaferCambs 10:07 AM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @EastCambsCops 16. People's dang flip-flops are snapping off. Jeremy Gahagan @jeremygahagan Oh FFS, flip flop melted in the heat. Now I’m walking round work with one bare foot 06:03 PM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @jeremygahagan 17. Candles have lost their will to stand up. The European heatwave bending these candles from interestingasfuck 18. Roses are BURNING at the edges. The extreme heat today in England burnt the petals of my roses from mildlyinteresting 19. Umbrellas are being used for anything but the rain. Tomasz Schafernaker @Schafernaker Current British weather: umbrellas are out, yet not a rain cloud in sight. #heatwaveuk ☂️☀️#London 11:06 AM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Schafernaker 20. I mean, this egg straight-up sizzled when it hit the pan! ONE&ONLY Interiors @thespraycompany Cooking eggs in my garden it’s that hot! Finchampstead, Berkshire, UK. 2.15pm. #Heatwave2022 #heatwave #eggs #finchampstead 01:24 PM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @thespraycompany Straight-up sizzled! 21. And look what the heat did to these "eggs." Alastair Hodgson @stikoo Left a couple of eggs in a pan outside for a couple of hours in the #heatwaveuk and they are basically dust now… 🍳 😂 02:23 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @stikoo Fancy that with some beans on toast. 22. Most people in the UK don't have air conditioning, so they are doing anything they can to keep cool. East Anglia weather @weatherwkelly If your looking for a cheap way to keep your house cool 😎- then tin foil in your windows may make all the difference. It will reflect the heat - which will keep your indoors cool #Heatwave2022 #keepcool #cool #hot #heatwave #Suffolk 11:22 AM - 16 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @weatherwkelly 23. Windows are being covered in tin foil. Robert Hanwell @Robdiybob I use silver foil on south facing windows it’s very effective!! #heatwave 08:55 AM - 17 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Robdiybob 24. "Tin foil on the window is working!!" Sarah Hare @SarahHare1983 Tin foil on the window is working!! #heatwaveuk #heatwave 03:27 PM - 17 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @SarahHare1983 25. Cans are spontaneously exploding. LJP Tech @Jabezuk To sum up British summer heatwave 2022, this beer can popped all the sudden at the bar #heatwave #Heatwave2022 #heatwaveuk 03:10 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Jabezuk 26. Glass is cracking. Chris(topher) Allan Perry 🇪🇺 @Chris_Perry_61 It’s got so warm in the office, one of the glass partition walls has decided to take itself out. #Heatwave2022 #heatwave #heatwaveuk 02:40 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Chris_Perry_61 27. Laundry tabs are turning into pools of liquid. John Cassidy @JohnCassidy7 As if there wasn’t enough proof of a #ClimateCrisis - my Fairy laundry tabs have melted! #heatwaveuk 10:24 PM - 18 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @JohnCassidy7 28. Cyclists are just randomly being sprayed with water. ETA Services Ltd @ETAservicesltd Our #CycloSprayer working hard today to ease the #heatwave commute 09:40 AM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @ETAservicesltd 29. Stores are charging five pounds to cool off in their walk-in refrigerators. Freudian Scrapbook @FreudianScrapbo Love it #Hustle #Hustler #heatwave #Heatwave2022 #heatwaveuk #Butchers #Veganforlife #Vegan 03:05 PM - 19 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @FreudianScrapbo 30. So yeah, if you're lucky enough, be happy you live in a place with air conditioning and ice water. Catherine Arlidge @Cath_Arlidge I guess it was pretty hot today #Heatwave2022 🥵 06:54 PM - 16 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @Cath_Arlidge 31. Be safe out there! Being Ginger in the UK during a heatwave and working outside 🙄 from CasualUK 32. And remember to enjoy the little things! Katie (Katie’s Vision) 🦋 @kayteebeexx 31 degrees but that won’t stop us brits from having a cuppa 🙈 #UkHeatWave #CupOfTea 02:30 PM - 17 Jul 2022 Reply Retweet Favorite Twitter: @kayteebeexx