THREE-QUARTERS OF ENGLAND IN DROUGHT AS SUMMER’S FIFTH HEATWAVE LOOMS

Four more regions given drought status, putting 27 million people under restrictions on water use Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought, as much of Europe braces for its fifth climate crisis-driven… Four more regions of England have officially been declared to be in drought: the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs.

Climate crisis | The Guardian reports that four more regions given drought status, putting 27 million people under restrictions on water use Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought, as much of Europe braces for its fifth climate crisis-driven…

The report adds: Four more regions of England have officially been declared to be in drought: the East Midlands, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire, Kent and East Sussex, and Solent and the South Downs.

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