An Environmental Agency said a drought in northwestern England has been officially announced after the British dry climate experience this spring.
According to the agency by Sky News, water levels in rivers and tanks enter the drought on May 21.
Earlier this month, before the recent rainfall, the agency announced that the northwest and northeast of England both witnessed the most severe calendar year since 1929, while England generally endured the driest period of February to April from 1956.
Britain’s general tank storage was 84 % at the end of April, lower than this year in the summer of 2022 drought.
At the same time, Britain has experienced its most sunny spring since the start of the record in 1910, with 630 hours of sunshine between March 1 and May 27 – only 377 hours in the same three months last year.
This dry spell follows a period of extreme humid air. The British experienced the wettest month in the record between October 2023 and September 2024, leading to widespread flooding and agricultural disruption.
Experts warn that these unstable fluctuations between severe wet and dry periods indicate the increasing effect of climate change.
Following the announcement of the drought in the northwest, environmental minister Steve Reid was intervened among the growing concerns of British water supply to seize the central government’s control over two major reservoir projects in eastern Anggia and Lincoliars.
Officials warn that without new tanks, population growth, aging infrastructure and climate change could make drinking water demand beyond the mid -2030s. The lack of water supply also prevents thousands of houses in areas such as Cambridge.
Water companies throughout the UK have pledged to launch 9 new tanks online by 2050, in Lincol England, Cambridgeshire, Oxfordshire, Samerst, Sophoca, Kent, Kent, East Sasks and West Midlands and Samest with 670 million liters of water a day.
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