Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Six ways to save water at home as drought fears continue

From taps to toilets, maximise water efficiency throughout your home.

The Independent UK

The Standard View: In this drought, water leaks are unforgivable

Another day, another major water leak in London that has left scores of properties damaged and thousands of residents experiencing low pressure or nothing at all coming out of their taps.

Evening Standard

7 ways to save water at home as drought fears continue

From taps to toilets, maximise water efficiency throughout your home. By Katie Wright.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

The Northern Agenda: Hosepipe ban not on the horizon in North

Emergency measures being taken down south as drought fears grow

Manchester Evening News

Tourist boats marooned, farm land parched as drought lowers Europe's rivers

Business for Francoise Droz-Bartholet has reduced to a trickle, just like stretches of the Doubs River straddling the French-Swiss border that her cruise boats usually ply.

Reuters

UK braced for drought conditions to last until October

Lack of rain could have dire consequences for farming and crop harvesting

The Guardian - UK

Farmers call for Truss and Sunak to tackle ‘immoral’ water wastage

Tory leadership hopefuls urged to set out emergency plans as parts of UK face driest conditions on record

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

What water companies are telling customers across UK amid drought fears

Many water companies across the country are taking necessary steps to help tackle a potential drought in the coming weeks

Manchester Evening News

India Reassures Gulf Countries of Rice Availability

The head of the National Committee for Food Supply in the Federation of Saudi Chambers said Indian rice producers have conveyed a message of reassurance that Basmati rice - the most sought-after variety in the region – would not be affected by drought and lack of rainfall, currently affecting India…

Asharq Al-Awsat

People in Wales asked to shower for no more than four minutes as drought nears

People should also be washing clothes differently according to Natural Resources Wales

Wales Online

Study Connects Climate Hazards to 58% of Infectious Diseases

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

In Pictures: Drought takes its toll on countryside as England changes colour

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

The Independent UK

A fourth set of human remains is found at Lake Mead as the water level keeps dropping

The reservoir continues to suffer from a 22-year drought that now has water levels at only 27% of capacity. That's surfaced four sets of skeletal remains in the past four months.

WEKU

Water companies issue warnings to customers amid drought concerns

The National Drought Group moved England into ‘Prolonged Dry Weather’ status.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Much of UK to see heatwave conditions as hot and dry weather continues

Warnings over lighting fires have been issued in the heat, while households are facing hosepipe bans to limit water use after dry weather.

Wales Online

Village suffers in drought with NOT ONE drop of rain across whole of July

The cricket club at Odiham in Hampshire is having to water its wicket at least once a day, while farmers need to buy in food for cattle

The Conversation

Hosepipe ban: should you snitch on your neighbour's water use? A philosopher's take

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…

Wales Online

Five easy ways to use less water at home - and not just in a drought

Help save the world and your own money at the same time

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

‘The new normal’: how Europe is being hit by a climate-driven drought crisis

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

The Independent UK

France in midst of 4th heat wave amid historic drought

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 Independent UK

In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways

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

The Independent UK

Drought: what is it and what can be done about it?

England is facing drought conditions after months of low rainfall.

The Guardian - UK

Burst water main in north London causes anger amid drought crisis

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

The Independent UK

Fire warning as new heatwave builds in tinder-dry conditions

England is facing the possibility of drought after months of low rainfall, with two water companies bringing in hosepipe bans.

The Independent UK

WWII bomb detonated after being found in drought-hit Italian river

Device contained 240kg of explosives, says Italian military

1 … 139 140 141 142

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Natural Resources Wales

Federation of Saudi Chambers

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.