Severe drought declared in six UK counties
It comes following one of the driest summers on record Severe drought has been declared in six UK counties following one of the driest summers on record. The government said that parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, East Sussex and West Sussex are all experiencing severe drought. The south coast of England endured one the […]
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Weather experts urge governments to ‘act now’ in face of El Niño bound disease warnings
El Niño forecasts for 2026 are worrying experts with disease warnings Despite the record breaking temperatures felt throughout the summer accompanied by wildfires and droughts, El Niño is set to intensify significantly over the rest of the year as experts are calling on governments across the globe to “act now”. Occurring every few years, El […]
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UK heatwave wipes out this year’s pumpkin picking season
Why the UK heatwave has hit pumpkin farms so hard The record UK heatwave and summer-long drought might have gone farther than we’d expect, touching us up until the cooling Autumn weather, wrecking crops and leaving farmers with a fraction of their usual harvest. This has been a notable harvest for Suffolk farmer Andrew King, […]
3 weeks ago
Thunderstorm Warning Covers 70 Areas With 2cm Hail and Flood Risk
Thunderstorm Warning Covers 70 Areas With 2cm Hail and Flood Risk The Met Office has issued its second thunderstorm warning of the week, with 70 areas of England and Wales facing lightning, hail of up to 2cm, flooding and strong winds on Thursday. The yellow warning runs from 6am to 10pm and follows a separate […]
1 month ago
Wessex water announces first hosepipe ban in 50 years as Gurkhas fight UK wildfires
The wildfire crisis is getting worse On the hillsides above the south Wales valleys, some of the soldiers carrying water to exhausted firefighters are Nepalese. Gurkhas have been deployed to South Wales to help crews working 10- and 11-hour shifts against ten large fires, with around 100 personnel sent at the weekend and a further […]
2 months ago
British farmers say they are at ‘breaking point’ as drought and wildfires wreck harvests
Farmers face another brutal summer Martin Lines has spent this summer watching the weather do the arithmetic for him. The 54-year-old runs a 165-hectare arable farm in Cambridgeshire with his son, and after a fifth consecutive year of extreme conditions battering his cash flow, he is blunt about where the industry has ended up. “We’ve […]
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