Farmers Sound Alarm over Looming Food Shortages
Only 13% of UK rivers are at normal levels, and water companies have imposed restrictions for 23 million customers.
- On Monday, the National Drought Group declared "prolonged dry weather" across eight English regions, marking the stage immediately preceding official drought status following an exceptionally dry July.
- England has received only 3% of its long-term average July rainfall, while national reservoir storage sits at 78.8% and only 13% of rivers are at normal levels for this time of year.
- Millions of Britons face hosepipe bans starting Thursday, as water companies including Thames Water and Southern Water implement restrictions for 23 million customers amid demand surging up to 30% on hot days.
- Farmers warn the next 10 days are critical for averting food shortages later this year, as extreme heat threatens cereal crops and forces some in East Anglia to halt river water extraction.
- Officials have recorded 53 wildfires this year at Sites of Special Scientific Interest, including blazes at Dovestone and Tintwistle in the Peak District; Met Office Chief Meteorologist Will Lang said dry conditions will likely persist in coming weeks.
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Farmers sound alarm over looming food shortages
Food shortages will become a reality if the weather does not change in the next 10 days. The bleak warning was issued by farming organisations in the UK who are facing the worst drought in decades. Closer to home, Uisce Éireann has introduced a nationwide hosepipe ban from midnight on Friday morning to try and conserve […]
Britons could be hit by supermarket food shortages as parts of England on verge of drought
Farmers across England have warned the next 10 days could bring food shortages to supermarket shelves, as large parts of the country edge closer to drought conditions following an exceptionally dry summer.Southern and eastern England have recorded no measurable rainfall so far this month, marking the longest July dry spell in three decades. Across England, only three per cent of the month's long-term average rainfall has fallen, following three …
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The Business TimesUK supermarkets face food shortages as Met Office issues heatwave verdict
Farmers are warning the next 10 days are crucial for the harvest - and British supermarkets' ability to stock key food later this year - as the UK teeters on the edge of drought
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