- Environment bosses have warned that further significant rainfall is required before drought conditions in England can end, despite recent showers.
- Recent rainfall brought England its wettest week since February, offering brief relief to parched landscapes following the hottest summer on record.
- Ten Environment Agency areas remain in official drought status, with 10 water companies continuing to enforce temporary use bans across large parts of the country.
- National reservoir storage has fallen to 58 per cent, remaining significantly below average with 11 reservoirs now less than half full.
- The ongoing water shortages follow England's driest July since records began, alongside record-breaking summer temperatures averaging 16.5C.
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