Dry Officials have warned that despite the forecast for a wet-to-average autumn, conditions may persist in winter across the UK, warning the authorities.
Meteorological Office And the environment agency says that the current approach for September, October and November shows a high probability for wet and curved situations compared to an average of 30 years.
However, they warns that the anticipated rainfall may not be sufficient to completely reversed the serious impact. This year’s record-breaking dry and hot heatWho saw Many areas declare drought conditions And Apply hospye ban,
This also means that the UK areas may possibly dry and experience both flood At the same time, as the storm closes the storm and the risk of floods increases.
The warning comes when the government’s flood flexibility taskforce has been prepared to discuss the preparation of possible floods in the coming months on Monday and the progress made on the recent rescue.
Taskforce, which was established in the last September to promote the country’s response to the rapidly promoted extreme weather, is working on measures such as warning systems, real -time data and flood defense.
The Met Office stated that its autumn approach would help prepare the taskforce for the upcoming winter period and ensure that communities are better preserved by the impact of floods.
Chief Meteorologist Will Lang said that the overall signal for wet weather is the UK average and Rain With the risk of floods depending on various factors, there will be “considerable variation in areas”.
“Westly chances have increased weather patternsWhich usually brings more rainfall to the western and northern parts of Britain, while the national average in eastern and southern regions suggest that the drought situation may be experienced, ”he said.
But Mr. Lang also said that the current approach for rain on autumn is unlikely to be sufficient to reverse the effects of drought, especially in England.
“We need more rain than that.”
There is also a good possibility that a hot-to-average autumn will appear in the UK, as Mr. Lang explained: “We get this for most seasonal forecasts these days and it is actually a reflection of our warming climate, and how much things have changed in the last 30 years.”
Caroline Douglas, executive director of flooding and coastal risk management in the environment agency, said that the first flush of heavy rains on dry, hard soil could cause floods, but can wash the pollutants in waterways, resulting in fish.
“What we want is good, stable, flowing rain that really raises things well, not for flood events, not sudden rain everywhere,” he said.
“But we know that it never works as we would like … Surely (this) is not yet the end of drought.”
Asked if the areas can continue drought conditions in winter, he said: “This is a possibility completely.
“If we do not rain in places that are already in dry or long dry weather, you can continue the drought conditions at those particular places.
“It is actually going to depend on the land of rain.”
The environment agency said that there would be an increase in flood security in more communities above and below the country as the taskforce has continued measures to protect properties.
Ms. Douglas said that the agency has also invested in better security for about 27,500 properties in 145 schemes between March 2024 and March 2025, and is on track to meet the target of 52,000 by March 2026.
This work is part of the government’s £ 2.65BN investment in two years to upgrade and create new flood rescue across the country.
“As we go in autumn, we need to think about the risk of floods, even though the drought is still felt in some parts of the country,” he said.
“While working with our partners in the flood flexibility workforce, we will continue to ensure that the flood flexibility of the country is affected by providing new floods and coastal defense in towns and cities across the country.”
But he also said that people should prepare where they can, such as mentioning resources such as the National Flood Forum and local authorities, sign up for warning, and not driving through flood water.
“We know that we cannot stop floods in all scenarios,” he said.
“We know that it can still happen, and we need to make sure people are ready.”