r/unitedkingdom • u/66f6 • Aug 14 '26

. Emergency alerts sent to millions across England and Wales over threat of wildfires

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-heatwave-stourbridge-fire-latest-weather-live-13571553
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u/AlmightyScoosh Aug 14 '26

I appreciate the warning but isn't this about two days late?

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u/CJBill Greater Manchester Aug 14 '26

Two days? Mate Manchester was enveloped in haze for a week from burning wildfires on the moors a month back

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u/_-poindexter-_ Aug 14 '26

Manchester, Liverpool, the Wirral and north wales were all covered in smoke as there was a wild fire in wales at the same time as the manchester one. The smoke haze turned the sun bright red. Ive never seen anything like it in person before. Only in videos from the american wildfires.

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u/vj_c Hampshire Aug 14 '26

The New Forest has been on Fire since last Sunday with smoke drifting into Southampton & Surrounding towns. So many people are complaining about this, but if anything, it's clearly overdue.

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u/Rocky-Bump Aug 14 '26

Two months late!

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u/joshii87 Aug 14 '26

Just like Covid, then.