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Met Office forecasts more sunshine to come across UK SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The forecaster's Fire Severity Index (FSI) assesses fire risks up and down the country in accordance with the forecasts for individual areas. This week scientists have said the mercury will shoot up to around 36C inland, with high pressure building from the start of this week. And now many parts of the south, southeast and central England will also see the index pushed up to exceptional, the highest possible level. This means if wildfires are to break out in these particular areas, they are likely to be severe. Related articles Met Office gives verdict on thunderstorms ending BOILING 36C heatwave Hosepipe warning: Ban … [Read more...] about Met Office issues highest warning: ‘Exceptional’ risk to South East England from August 11

Britain's rivers are set to run low during the coming months, and "exceptionally so" in central and southern England, compounding fears of a looming drought. Following England's driest July since 1935, below normal levels in waterways - a lifeline for people, plants and animals - look likely to last until November for much of the UK, a study of Britain's water cycle has warned. Rivers in central, southern and eastern England will be hardest hit, with rivers there expected to remain "exceptionally" low, said the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) in a report published on Monday. Steve Turner, a UKCEH hydrologist, told Sky News they expect "continued impacts on agriculture and the environment in addition to further pressures on water supplies, with the possibility of further restrictions". Already the Environment Agency has been rescuing fish from low-running rivers in Shropshire, Dorset and Derbyshire, while water companies have drawn up hosepipe bans for … [Read more...] about Rivers to run ‘exceptionally’ low in central and southern England

A fire has broken out on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent (Image: [email protected]) SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Dramatic pictures show thick plumes of black smoke billowing across the sky in Minster on Sea, a town on the north coast of the Isle of Sheppey.  Four fire enginers were scrambled to a caravan alight in Greyhound Road. Related articles Met Office issues highest warning with 'exceptional' risk to southeast Met Office issues rare FOUR-DAY amber weather alert for 36C scorcher A crew spokesman said: "Kent Fire and Rescue Service has been called to reports of a caravan alight in Greyhound Road, in Minster on Sea, Sheerness. "Four fire engines are in attendance and crews are using hose reel jets and … [Read more...] about Quiet Kent neighbourhood hit by massive fire as thick black smoke rips through countryside

Thames Water has said it will announce a hosepipe ban ‘in the coming weeks’ due to the ongoing dry weather. It comes after two other water companies in England announced bans of their own to prevent reservoirs running out. While there is expected to be some relief next week, with lower temperatures and potential thunderstorms, it is not expected to replenish dwindling water supplies. Forecasters have said there still might not be adequate rainfall until October , meaning hosepipe bans could remain in place until then. Thames Water supplies an estimated 15million people across the South East, including in London, Oxfordshire and parts of Surrey. Since the start of the year, the region has had 144 days with little or no rain, and experienced record breaking temperatures of 40°C in July. The timing of Thames Water’s hosepipe ban has not been confirmed ‘due to a number of operational and legal procedural requirements’. In a statement, the company said: ‘Our aim is … [Read more...] about Thames Water to announce hosepipe ban affecting 15,000,000 people