England and Wales on course for driest July on record
Some parts of eastern Scotland are in the most extreme category of "significant scarcity", according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.The drought conditions have led to significant impacts, including low river flow and early harvests. More than 20 million people are already under hosepipe bans in a bid to conserve water. The hot weather and lack of rainfall has led to tinder-dry conditions, which have exacerbated the risk of wildfires spreading.A major incident was declared in Suffolk on Wednesday as firefighters tackled a wildfire "the size of 200 football pitches".
- ▪Some parts of eastern Scotland are in the most extreme category of "significant scarcity", according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.The drought conditions have led to significant impacts, including low river flow and early ha
- ▪More than 20 million people are already under hosepipe bans in a bid to conserve water.
- ▪The hot weather and lack of rainfall has led to tinder-dry conditions, which have exacerbated the risk of wildfires spreading.A major incident was declared in Suffolk on Wednesday as firefighters tackled a wildfire "the size of 200 football
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England and Wales on course for driest July on recordImage source, Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesByJennifer BartramSenior Weather PresenterPublished11 minutes agoEngland and Wales are on course for their driest July since records began 190 years ago.The Met Office reports that England has seen just 5.6mm of rainfall up to 30 July – just 8% of its long-term meteorological average for the month and less than half of the previous record of 13.4mm set in 1911.For Wales it is 7.9mm of rainfall, also 8% of its long-term average for the month and almost a third of the previous record of 22.6mm, again set in 1911.The UK as a whole is currently on course for its third driest July, and driest nationally since 1868.
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