Yellow weather warning issued, risk of forest fires at ‘red alert’

The met office has issued a yellow weather warning for “extreme temperatures” on Thursday, with the mercury set to rise to a whopping 41 degrees Celsius.

The warning will be in place between 1pm and 5pm.

Meanwhile, the forestry department said the risk of forest fires breaking out has been set to “red alert” for Thursday.

As such, it stressed that causing a fire in a forested area “constitutes an offence which carries severe penalties”.

It called on the...