On Saturday, two men in their 20s died after being pulled from the sea off the coast of Torbay, Devon, and a teenage boy was found dead in the River Eden in Carlisle.
On Sunday, the temperature reached 24.4C in Plymouth, and the RAC predicted that motorists would take 19.2m separate leisure trips by car due to the warm weather.
The Home Office confirmed that there were technical problems with electronic passport gates that led to long queues at airports and border control issues at the Port of Dover.
The Met Office expects the warm and dry weather to last well into next week.
LONDON DAILY ARCHIVE
Deadly Weekend in the UK as Heavy Rainfall and High Temperatures Claim Lives
At least three people drowned over the bank holiday weekend in the UK due to heavy rainfall and high temperatures.
28 May 2023 · 22:55 UTC
