Record low rainfall puts UK on drought watch

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South East latest part of England officially in drought

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Water water everywhere – except when there isn’t!!

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Sahel farmer explains how his family is coping amid the drought

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Drought 'could make Mancunians take off anoraks'

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Andy Carroll will be out for the rest of the season, Due to amputating his leg to try and end his goal drought #lfc http://t.co/z0J72U6p

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Arid soils in Mauritania

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Bewl Water in Kent

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What you can do

gov.uk | 9:48 pm Feb 20, 2012

Find out why you should save water during a drought and how to use less water to help conserve supplies. Droughts are natural events and happen when a period of low rainfall leads to a shortage of water. We must save water because we can’t predict how…
South East latest part of England officially in drought

bbc.co.uk | 8:32 pm Feb 20, 2012

Mary Creagh, Labour's shadow environment secretary, described the drought summit as being "more talk and no action". "The Tory-led government is out of touch with the pressures facing families - the fact that it has postponed its long-awaited Water Bill…
Drought summit: Why not pipe the water from north to south?

bbc.co.uk | 10:31 am Feb 20, 2012

In some places, extraction of water from rivers, lakes and aquifers is already judged by the Environment Agency to be beyond what is sustainable. Thames Water, one of the largest UK providers, says that in two of its regions - London, and Swindon, North…
Drought 'could make Mancunians take off anoraks'

thedailymash.co.uk | 3:31 pm Feb 21, 2012

BRITAIN'S impending drought could force Mancunians to remove their anoraks for the first time since 1990. The city of Manchester, famous for the music and belligerent wit of its inhabitants, enjoys torrential rain for 50 weeks of every year, spending the…
Arid soils in Mauritania

flickr.com | 12:02 pm Feb 21, 2012

Arid soils in Mauritania. Crops have failed because of a severe drought and the Sahel region faces a major food crisis. Over 700,000 people are affected in Mauritania and 12 million across West Africa. Senegalese singer Baaba Maal has visited Mauritanian…
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telegraph.co.uk | 1:39 pm Oct 11, 2011