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 week 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 weeks 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 […]
2 weeks ago
UK heatwave: amber warning as temperatures near 38C
How hot will the UK heatwave get? The UK heatwave is set to intensify this week, with the Met Office issuing a rare amber warning for extreme heat as temperatures could peak at 38C in parts of England on Thursday. Amber heat health alerts are already in force across most of England, with the UK […]
3 weeks ago
England drought spreads to 45 million as fifth heatwave looms
Drought crisis grows across England The England drought has widened dramatically, with officials confirming on Monday that 71.3 per cent of the country now meets drought criteria just as a fifth heatwave of the summer prepares to push temperatures towards 36C. The National Drought Group said the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East […]
3 weeks ago
UK Heatwave: Drought fears grow as fifth heatwave builds
UK Heatwave: Drought Fears Grow as Fifth Heatwave Builds Drought is likely to be declared across more of England this week as a fifth UK heatwave builds, with forecasters warning temperatures could climb as high as 35C by midweek and no significant rain on the way for much of the country. What the UK heatwave […]
3 weeks ago