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South West Water has warned that reservoir levels are extremely low in Cornwall after one of the driest periods in over 130 years, and that further restrictions may follow.
South West Water has asked customers in Cornwall and parts of Devon to cut water use further, warning that reservoir levels remain exceptionally low and more restrictions may follow without sustained…
The Met Office launched its winter WeatherReady campaign on 3 October 2022, publishing YouGov survey findings on how people in the UK prepare for severe winter weather and its effect on mental health.
Eleven of the 14 Environment Agency areas in England moved from prolonged dry weather to drought status on 20 September 2022, with parts of South West Wales also in drought.
Torrential rain on Saturday caused flooding in places across the Midlands, with more heavy rainfall expected on Sunday, Severn Trent has said in advice to customers.
Wales received just 64% of its long-term average rainfall between March and September 2022, the driest seven-month period in 150 years, which led to a drought being declared.
South West Water's Temporary Use Ban, announced on 15 August 2022, came into effect at 00:01 on Tuesday 23 August for Cornwall and the Upper Tamar region in Northern Devon.
The Met Office issued an amber heat warning as temperatures were forecast to reach 35 degrees over the weekend, the same day bottled water stations opened in Surrey after a water outage.
A drought was officially declared in eight regions of England on 12 August 2022, as Surrey households lost water after problems at a treatment works and hosepipe bans took effect.
South West Water said on 12 August 2022 that it would introduce water restrictions if prolonged hot, dry weather and extremely high demand continued across its region.
Yorkshire Water has announced a hosepipe ban across its region from 26 August 2022, after parts of Yorkshire recorded the lowest rainfall since records began more than 130 years ago.
The Met Office Amber Extreme heat warning took effect on 11 August 2022 and runs until Sunday, covering much of southern England and parts of eastern Wales, with temperatures peaking in the mid 30s…
SSEN issued a weather warning for its central southern England network ahead of Met Office Amber extreme heat warnings from 12 to 15 August 2022, flagging extreme fire risk and readying repair teams.
Public Health Wales analysis found 98.1 deaths a day in Wales on days covered by a Met Office extreme heat alert in summer 2022, against 84.3 on days with no alert, during heat events in July and…
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued a red fire severity alert for the coming days after attending 180 fires in the open in the first ten days of August 2022, up from 34 in the same…
South West Water brought in a temporary hosepipe ban from 00:01am on Saturday 8 August 2022 for customers across Devon, Cornwall, parts of Dorset and Somerset and the Isles of Scilly, to protect…
South West Water has warned that formal water restrictions may be needed in the coming weeks if exceptional demand and sustained dry weather continue, and has urged customers to avoid non-essential…
Over the three months to August 2022 most of England, Wales and south-east Scotland fell into the severely dry and extremely dry SPI-3 categories, after a summer that was the fifth driest for England…
The UK Health Security Agency issued a Level 3 Heat Health Alert in force from Tuesday through to Sunday, as the Met Office warned of extreme heat across much of southern England and parts of eastern…
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has recorded that heavy rain in August 2022 flooded an estimated 100 properties in Spalding, Pinchbeck and Market Rasen, in a risk plan listing flooding among the county's…