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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Ross

Mapped: Where Britain is at risk of drought amid hosepipe ban warning

England faces a “medium risk” of drought this summer, the Environment Agency (EA) has warned, after the country endured its driest start to spring in more than six decades.

Households are being warned that a hosepipe ban could come in as part of a series of measures in response to the continued lack of sustained rainfall from March this year.

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