Met Office Issues Rain Update For South Of England After Scorching August Dry Spell
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- Guardian Business·3h agoHow England’s brutal summer heat is affecting farm animals and crops
There are parched fields, overheating sheep and potentially the worst cereal harvest since detailed records began – but it’s a good year for cider apples As parts of the UK swelter through a fifth successive climate crisis-driven heatwave and nearly three-quarters of England…
Read at Guardian Business → - Guardian Sport·7h agoRunning dry: drought-hit UK sporting venues and parched pitches – in pictures
With the UK experiencing the driest summer on record, we look at how the weather is affecting the pitches and courses across the country
Read at Guardian Sport → - Guardian UK·9h agoLittle rain on the horizon as England and Wales experience driest July on record
England received only 10% of its average July rainfall and some areas may just get the odd shower for rest of August England has experienced its driest July since records began in 1836, receiving only 6.5mm of rainfall – 10% of the country’s long-term meteorological average for…
Read at Guardian UK → - The Journal·1d ago'It gets worse from here': Parts of UK to hit 38 degrees amid warnings of worsening climate change
Nearly three-quarters of England and the whole of Wales are in drought, heaping pressure on water resources.
Read at The Journal → - HuffPost UK Politics·1d agoMet Office Issues Rain Update For South Of England After Scorching August Dry Spell
It’s been the driest July on record, resulting in the whole of Wales and more than two-thirds of England being declared in drought. We’re in the midst of a fifth heatwave, with temperatures set to reach highs of 37C today, and there’s not been a substantial drop of rain for…
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