The UK is facing its second weather 'event' this year, with intense heatwaves threatening to trigger prolonged drought.
Temperatures can rise to 35 degrees.
The Environment Agency (EA) warns of "early signs of drought",Meteorological Agency
People in the UK warn against using hosepipes. They are asked to reduce their water use by 35 liters per day by avoiding showers and showers. Breaking the law will result in a fine of £1000
A government minister even suggested installing water-saving devices in toilet cisterns.
It took the unusual step of instructing water companies to “harden up.” Take action now to increase the ban on hosepipes.
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PA)Extreme weather forced three water companies to announce a hose ban, affecting some 2.4 million people in England and Wales.
Southern Water has already imposed a hosepipe ban on Englishmen in Hampshire, and South East Water will follow suit this Friday on the Isle of Wight, against the people of Kent and Sussex.
But amid concerns that it was too late for water managers, Environment Secretary George Eustice He also urged companies to follow suit.
He warned that if they failed to act, they would "not hesitate to step in and take further action."
Mr Eustis wrote in his Telegraph Sunday: He urges others to do the same.
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SWNS)But the government itself has been accused of having "no plan" to deal with the drought.
Jim McMahon, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, said:
"Countries that get a lot of rain outside of midsummer don't need to rely on hose bans to survive the dry season.
Last month's incredible historic 40.3°C. Extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall have left much of the South dry.
Even the headwaters of the Thames began to dry up, and for the first time in a century in Norfolk the Wensum was turned into a historic mill.
July saw more wildfires in England and Wales than last year overall.
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NC)Temperatures are 9 to 10 degrees above the average temperature in August, typically 21.5 inches, according to Jonathan Vawtry, a meteorologist at the Japan Meteorological Agency. 17C in southern England and Scotland.
"We may see heat wave areas in many areas. Temperatures are definitely well above our average."
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``Without July-like temperatures, this would have been considered the most important event of the year. Widespread heatwaves will occur, with the potential for heatwaves in eastern regions, with heatwave thresholds as high as 25°C in Scotland.”
He said on Monday, Wednesday, said it would rise to 29 to 30 degrees Celsius, but the northwest could reach 28 degrees Celsius on Thursday.
He said temperatures will be warmer again by Friday and Saturday, around 33 degrees and he's around 34 degrees.
can exceed 35 degrees. It's a fair chance," he said.
Britain is facing the driest period since her summer of 1976, with southern England in particular already suffering the driest July since records began in 1836. is.
Former EA boss Dave Sloop noted the "dry stubble" in the fields and said, "Wildfires are a real concern next week."
In Cornwall, his 40 firefighters worked onbushfiresnear Truro on Saturday.
green sprouts of completely dried Lindleywood Reservoir in Yorkshire (Image:
Asadour Guzelian)It threatens to follow France in setting up a crisis team to deal with its historic drought. drinking water
Christophe Bech, Minister for Ecological Transitions, warned:
"This is a situation we have never seen before. And the bad news, as far as we can see, is that there is no reason to think it will stop."
UK The drought has been described as a death sentence for British wildlife, with blackbirds and thrushes unable to find earthworms in the rock-hard ground to feed their starving chicks.
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SWNS)Environment Agency boss John Curtin tweeted: If they say the fish are dead or gasping for air .
There are also concerns about the UK's struggling hedgehog population, which has plummeted from 50 million to less than 900,000 in recent decades.
Experts fear the country's drought conditions and a looming nationwide hosepipe ban, but will create even more ideal conditions for wasps to breed and colonize.
Mark Lloyd, chief executive of The Rivers Trust, has criticized water companies for being too slow to act.
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PA)He said: use ban.
"Last-minute announcements cause people to rush to wash their cars, fill their kiddie pools, or wash their dogs, increasing demand before the ban comes out.
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”This should be done before rivers become desperate and there is not enough water for wildlife.
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