One resident said her house burned down within two minutes. Locals took shelter in nearby St Mary and St Peter's Church, which became filled with smoke. Luckily, no one died, but 19 houses were destroyed.
At first, expect the temperature to rise, says Jeff Goodell, the author of The Heat Will Kill You First, a book about the effects of climate change. He says that first will come more heatwaves.
The vulnerability of London is widely misunderstood and underappreciated. It's one of the most vulnerable Western cities to climate change for a number of reasons, says Goodell.
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