A SWIMMER is tonight feared dead after taking a dip in an East London dock as temperatures soared to 33C. Cops are desperately searching the water at Shadwell Basin in Wapping after the person failed to resurface. One eyewitness said the person has been “under for 20 minutes at least”. She wrote online: “Still haven’t […]
A SWIMMER is tonight feared dead after taking a dip in an East London dock as temperatures soared to 33C.
Cops are desperately searching the water at Shadwell Basin in Wapping after the person failed to resurface.
One eyewitness said the person has been “under for 20 minutes at least”.
She wrote online: “Still haven’t found the body in Shadwell Basin.
“Been down there for 20 minutes at least.”
Scotland Yard said officers from the marine policing unit are trying to find the swimmer.
A spokesman said: “Police were called at 6.06pm to Garnet Street, E1 (Shadwell Basin) to a report of a person seen to enter the water.
“Officers and the marine policing unit are currently on scene along with other emergency service personnel conducting a search.”
In July 2016, a 29-year-old man drowned in Shadwell Basin after jumping into the water with 100 other people.
Still haven’t found the body in Shadwell Basin. Been down there for 20 minutes at least
Eyewitness
Brits today baked in highs of 33C as an African heatwave with sweltering humidity swept across the UK.
An amber heat alert – the second-highest level – has been issued for the east and south east of England as well as the East Midlands.
The Met Office has also issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms for most of the UK from 6pm tonight until 9am tomorrow.
Temperatures are expected to rocket past the 35C mark before the end of the week, smashing summer heat records.
Hot weather could largely hold out through the rest of summer amid warnings to take extra care during the “dangerous” weather.
The Met Office with Public Health England (PHE) has ramped up a near-nationwide “heatwave action alert” – one step below “national emergency”.
It covers southeastern and southern England until the end of the week with a less severe ‘alert and readiness’ warning across the southwest and parts of northeastern and central Britain.
Elderly people and those with health conditions have been warned to stay indoors during the hottest periods this week.
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