00:00You could almost cook an egg on the streets of London on Wednesday. Thermal camera footage
00:05captured Londoners walking across scorching surfaces in the West End. The lighter the colour,
00:11the higher the temperature. While the air temperature was around 35 degrees in London,
00:15the pavement on Regent Street hit a sweltering 57 degrees Celsius and 56 degrees in Piccadilly
00:22Circus and Oxford Street. It was even hotter at Highbury and Islington train station,
00:27where the overground platform peaked at a blistering 62 degrees. The granite paving
00:32stones in Kings Cross Square lit up in yellow as they reached 54 degrees Celsius and playgrounds
00:38in Islington hit highs at 53 degrees. This week's heatwave has brought much of the capital to a halt,
00:44with schools, shops and offices closing early or shutting altogether. But heatwaves like this
00:49may become the new norm. The Greenpeace warning for action must be taken to stop climate change
00:55and deliver cooler homes and schools.
