Britain not built to withstand 40 deg C; infrastructure most likely to fail

PRI GEN INT .LONDON FGN16 UK-HEATWAVE-INFRASTRUCTURE Britain isn’t built to withstand 40C here is where infrastructure is most likely to fail By Kiran Tota-Maharaj, Reader in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Aston University London, Jul 20 (The Conversation) Hot weather strains the pipes that pump our water, the power lines that deliver our energy and the roads and railways that get us home at night. As global temperatures continue to rise, national infrastructure will be challenged as never before. Climate change is intensifying heatwaves in the UK, an affluent country with the capacity and resources to adapt to warmer temperatures. Still, very little has been done over the past ten years to address overheating in buildings and the rising risk to critical infrastructure.