This is reported by the Guardian newspaper.
“After a long period of dry weather, the sources of the Thames in Gloucestershire have dried up, and a weak stream is now only barely visible at a distance of more than five miles (8 km. -
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He conceded that with climate change, the frequency and severity of such periods of drought and water scarcity would increase.
In the UK on Tuesday, July 19, a new temperature record was set: +40.2 ° C was recorded near Heathrow Airport.