Saturday, 19 June 2021

Wet, Wet, Wet

Climate change means that weather gets much less predictable. Parts of the S-E of England have just had a month's worth of rainfall in 24 hours (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jun/19/flood-alerts-in-england-after-months-worth-of-rain-falls-in-24-hours). The English Environmental Agency has also issued 39 flood alerts this weekend for London, its surrounding areas, the West Midlands and Wiltshire. We usually have hose pipe bans (stopping people watering their lawns) in these areas, at this time of the year!
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