The Latest Breaking News from Drought

Meteorologists say expected downpours are the wrong kind of rain to tackle driest spell for almost 50 years

After suffering through another heatwave with an amber health warning, Brits can welcome three days of thunderstorms this week with yellow health warnings in place until Wednesday

Analysis: The water supply in England and Wales is entirely in private hands, and that can lead to problems…

To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilometers (six miles) of sunburnt land in southern Iraq, where drought is devastating swathes of the mythical Mesopotamian Marshes. The reputed home of the biblical Garden of Eden, Iraq's swamplands have been battered by three years of drought and…

The response to the drought shows how underinvestment has left us without the infrastructure to cope with climate crisis

Climate activists have sabotaged luxury golf courses in the south of France, protesting against the "leisure industry for the most privileged" and its exemption for the country's water ban.

Labour has called for a COBRA meeting to discuss the impact of the prolonged heatwave on water supplies across the country.Speaking on Saturday, deputy leader, Angela Rayner has called on the Government to act amid fears drought conditions may last until next year.With drought conditions declared across eight regions, Ms…

As crops shrivel in the fields, farmers around the country are calling for urgent action from the Tory leadership

In an Instagram reel dubbed shower news: drought edition, Paddy revealed that his original family birthday plans were 'out the window'