More areas of UK likely to move into drought as fifth heatwave builds

The UK faces a new period of hot dry weather which will create drought conditions across the nation according to the BBC. The BBC reports that temperatures will reach 35 °C (95 °F) in various regions across England during the middle of next week while England experiences an extended period of warm weather. The UK Health Security Agency has issued yellow heat‑health alerts for most of England, warning that the heat may affect health services and increase risk for vulnerable people. The Environment Agency suggests that several English regions will need to declare drought status because public water supplies face challenges from dry weather together with increasing water consumption. The weather has already created drought conditions across more than half of England together with all of Wales while water reservoirs have dropped to their lowest levels which some experts now call "exceptionally low". A