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Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says. Researchers looked through the medical literature of established cases of illnesses and found that 218 out of the…

England has taken on a different hue with infrequent rain causing parched landscapes.

Dry conditions and impending drought mean millions of people in the UK are now, or will soon be, under a hosepipe ban. There is a “temporary use ban” in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with Kent and Sussex to follow. It’s virtually impossible for water suppliers to enforce this…

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Water shortages across the continent, from France through Italy, Spain and beyond, are creating a critical situation

France is in the midst of its fourth heat wave of the year as the country faces what the government warned is its worst drought on record

The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers are central arms of California's water system

England is facing drought conditions after months of low rainfall.

Roads closed in borough of Islington as video shows streets under more than a metre of water