Northwest declared drought in England after record dry season

A Dry The UK has officially declared Northwest in England after the UK recorded the UK records in this spring, Environment agency Where are you

The low water level in rivers and reservoirs saw that the area enters a low drought position on May 21, the agency was said by Sky News.

Earlier this month, before the recent rains, the agency said that North West and North East England Both saw their dry start for a calendar year Since 1929, while England ended their dull February to April period since 1956.

Statistics of United Utilities show that the reservoir level for the northwest of England is 61.9 percent capacity, which is below 88.8 percent in the same period in 2024.

Statistics of United Utilities show that the reservoir level for the northwest of England is 61.9 percent capacity, which is below 88.8 percent in the same period in 2024. ,OLI Scarf/AFP via AFP Getty Image,

England’s overall reservoir storage was 84 percent at the end of April, lower than this time of the year in the dry summer of 2022.

Along with this, the UK has experienced its most sunny spring since the records started in 1910, with 630 hours of sunlight across the country between March 1 and May 27 – above 377 hours in three months of the previous year.

This dry magic follows the duration of the highly wet season. England experienced their 12 months on the record between October 2023 and September 2024, causing extensive floods and agricultural disintegration.

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Experts have warned that these unstable swinging between highly wet and dried periods is a sign of the growing effect of climate change.

After the announcement of drought in the northwest, it emerged on Wednesday that the Environment Secretary Steve Reid intervened to seize the control of the central government. On the plan of two major reservoirs projects Between increasing concerns over Britain’s water supply, by nominating them “nationally important” in East Anglia and Lincolnshire.

Officials have taken care that the demand for drinking water without new reservoirs, population growth, aging infrastructure and climate change can exceed the supply until the mid -2030s. Lack of water supply is also disrupting the construction of thousands of houses in areas such as Cambridge.

Water companies across England have committed to bring nine new reservoirs online by 2050 by 2050 to bring nine new reservoirs to nine new reservoirs in Lincolnshire, Cambrishire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Safok, Kent, East Sussex and West Midlands and Somerset, which has the capacity to supply 670 million liters of water per day.

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