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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Emily Beament

‘Very long way to go’ before drought is over, officials warn despite rain

Recent rain makes it ‘understandable to think the drought is over’, officials said (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Almost three quarters of England remain in drought despite recent rain, as the country continues to battle its third drought in five years, officials said.

While rain has turned the grass green again, and it would be “understandable” to think the drought was over, the Environment Agency said there was still a very long way to go, with concerns over a number of reservoirs at very low levels.

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