A crack appears beside a window after weeks of scorching weather. As much as you might hope the ground beneath your house will recover with the first rain, the effects of a dry summer can continue long after temperatures fall.
The UK is recovering from the hottest summer on record. The drought, however, has not simply disappeared. According to the Environment Agency, south-east England received 61% of its normal September rainfall, leaving its soil moisture deficit around twice the seasonal average.
