Storms associated with El Niño could pose a danger to England’s dry trees with some species at risk of disappearing from the landscape, an expert has warned.
Trees across England and Wales have been left feeling fragile after one of the driest summers on record after nearly three quarters of the country experienced drought. The Met Office provisionally declared the UK’s warmest summer on record with a mean average temperature across June, July and August of 16.5C, beating the previous seasonal high of 16.1C set last year.
