Although the sizzling sunshine is hopefully giving a desired tourism boost to the seaside towns, but there is a warning for the swimmers at the sea as Britain reported hotter than Turkey and Greece last weekend, with Saturday being the warmest day of the year to date. Last March was the coldest in 50 years in Britain, but the year before saw one of the hottest ever, sizzling at 23C.
Report says a number of areas are about to attain a pleasant 18C (64.4F) and the temperatures are estimated to persist till the Cheltenham Festival.
London, East Anglia and the South East are expected to attain the highest temperatures as the mercury level rises. A lot of people have already been taking benefit of the quietly increasing temperatures, while some gathered to Brighton, in East Sussex, laying out on the beach to make the most of the warmth.
In the meantime, US scientists have been tracking a 15 ft one-tone great white shark Lydia across the Atlantic and say it is making a beeline here. Scientist said the shark travelled 380 miles in the past three days and is presently near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge – about 1,000 miles from the Cornish coast. They have also set warning that the species could be seen more frequently as sea temperatures rise with global warming.
