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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jane Dalton

Heatwave: 13 rivers in England at lowest level ever recorded as nation suffers from crippling drought

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Thirteen rivers in England are at their lowest ever recorded levels, officials say, as the nation suffers from its driest July in nearly 90 years.

As authorities declared a drought across swathes of England, a report by the Environment Agency found that monthly mean river flows last month fell at most of the sites it monitors compared with June.

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