UK heatwave: stormy weather ahead after hottest day of the year - live

Concerns over health as sweltering heat set to continue despite storm forecastsIs the extreme weather linked to climate change? Post your questions for our reporter Adam Vaughan, live here from 2pmThunderstorms may cloud blood moonShare your heatwave photos, videos and stories with us 12.23pm BST Is the extreme weather - from heatwaves to thunderstorms - a direct effect of climate change? Can we expect more summers like this in the UK and across the globe? And what can be done about it?Our reporter Adam Vaughan will be live on this blog between 2pm and 3pm today to answer any questions you have. You can post them below the line now, tweet Adam @adamvaughan_uk and join us here from 2pm for his replies. 12.15pm BST The heatwave searing northern Europe was made more than twice as likely by climate change, according to a rapid assessment by scientists.The Guardian's environment editor, Damian Carrington, reports here on new work by researchers who analysed records of the hottest three-day period at seven weather stations in northern Europe, from Ireland to the Netherlands to Scandinavia, where data was easily accessible. The result is preliminary but they say the signal of climate change is "unambiguous". Scientists have long predicted that global warming is ramping up the number and intensity of heatwaves, with events even worse than current one set to strike every other year by the 2040s."The logic that climate change will do this is inescapable - the world is becoming warmer, and so heatwaves like this are becoming more common," said Friederike Otto, at the University of Oxford and part of the World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium that did the work. Continue reading...