In pics | Nearly 60% of land in the European Union and UK face drought warnings

Continuous warnings

According to the monitor, 45 per cent of the land is currently under warning, which denotes a moisture deficiency in the soil, and the other 15 per cent is under a more serious category of alert.

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Might continue for a while

The release of the new statistics coincides with the food crisis. The crisis got worse due to extreme weather and might continue for a while.

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July the warmest month

July has been one of the three warmest months ever, over 0.4 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average, the sixth warmest mont

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Water reservoirs at their lowest levels

According to a senior scientist Copernicus, water reservoirs in numerous regions of Europe were at extremely low levels in July, not enough to meet the demand.

The month of July in France witnessed a total of 9.7 mm of rainfall, which made it the driest month there since its first record in 1959.

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Scorching heat in UK

July was the driest month in the southern part of the UK since records began in 1836.

Following a string of drier-than-normal months, with the exception of February, the UK only received 46.3 mm, or 56 per cent of its average rainfall.

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Countries face extreme heat conditions

Last month, at least one day above 40 degrees Celsius was experienced by Spain, France, and the UK.

On July 19, the UK had a temperature above 40 degrees Celsius.

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