Shocking images show a shrinking reservoir less than half full as a result of the UK's staggering heatwave. With no rain in sight, the drone shots reveal Burrator water reservoir in Devon, which is drying up with water levels currently at just 44%.
Last month temperatures hit 40.2 degrees Celsius in parts of the UK and red extreme heat national severe weather warnings were issued. The diminishing water volumes are due the intense British heatwave and there is no rain expected for a few weeks, reports Devon Live.
Water levels at Burrator are already at its lowest in decades, and Dartmoor locals believe the drought will bring about the remains of a long-lost "drowned village", which they expect to emerge from the depths. It is believed that a whole village was submerged at Burrator when the land was flooded to create the reservoir at the end of the 19th Century.
