Saturday, December 29, 2012

United Kingdom: It never rains and then it pours. What is going on with our weather?

Guardian: The transformation of the British landscape over the last 12 months has been dramatic. At the end of 2011, the nation was caught in the grip of one of the severest droughts on record. Low rainfall over the previous year had reduced water levels in rivers and reservoirs to exceptional levels. The year ahead promised to be one of parched landscapes, hosepipe bans and streams turned to trickles. There could have been widespread consequences for farmers, food production, tourism, industry and domestic...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/29/rains-pours-weather
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Columnist/Columnists/2012/12/29/1356796219525/flooding-river-thames-010.jpg

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