Drought Spreading in Britain
Drought, which has put a squeeze on water supplies in parts of England, has begun to spread.
Yorkshire has joined ranks with East and South East England, where drought was already under way by earlier in 2012.
Seven water companies serving the East and South East stated early in March that they would put water conservation measures in place in April, multiple reports from the U.K. have said.
In Yorkshire, drought has lowered river levels and soil moisture, but reservoirs of a major area supplier were still at 94 percent, the Daily Mail website said on Thursday. Yorkshire Water was not anticipating any restrictions for the time being, according to the report.
Even so, some parts of Yorkshire have had the driest 12 months since 1910, and river levels are falling, the Daily Mail website said.
During coming months, the warmth of spring and summer will cause drought impact will grow, barring a shift to at least normal rainfall.
In the meantime, drought areas areas will have dry weather through at least Sunday, then rainfall next week will likely be less than normal, as forecast tools available to AccuWeather.com meteorologists show.
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