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A village which was deliberately flooded to make a reservoir has re-emerged due to lack of rain fall. Mardale village in the ...
A village which was deliberately flooded to make a reservoir has re-emerged due to lack of rain fall. Mardale village in the Lake District disappeared when the Haweswater valley was flooded in ...
The Environment Agency (EA) says it has been a record-breaking start to 2025, the driest since 1956.
She added: "Haweswater reservoir crossed drought level one on 1 May and the regional reservoir storage continues to decrease. "On average, storage is 30% below expected level." Mike Crees ...
DRAMATIC pictures have revealed the extraordinary extent of the shrinkage of a Lake District reservoir amid the driest UK ...
March was also the fourth driest month since 1836, the EA said. Haweswater Reservoir dropped to its second drought "trigger level" on Saturday. Pete Miles, the EA's environment and monitoring ...
DRAMATIC pictures have revealed the extraordinary extent of the shrinkage of a Lake District reservoir amid the driest UK spring in a century. Water levels at Haweswater near Penrith have dropped ...
In the North West of England reservoir levels sit at just 69 per cent full – compared to over 90 per cent at this time last ...
It’s been revealed that the North East has had the driest start to a year since 1929 - and the the Tyne catchment has seen ...