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Portsmouth topped the OS ranking as most vulnerable to heat | Credit: iStock
New OS Heat Vulnerability Index finds 83 per cent of UK cities are highly vulnerable to extreme heat and the 'urban heat island' effect
More than eight-in-10 cities in Britain are already at high risk of becoming 'urban head islands' that trap extreme heat, while almost two thirds are set to be extremely vulnerable to severe heat by the...
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