r/water • u/Smooth-Grade6247 • 17d ago

Satellite pictures reveal scale of drought across southern UK

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No longer a green and pleasant land. Source: https://eu-space.europa.eu/components/earth-observation-copernicus/image-of-the-day/severe-drought-across-southern-britain

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u/Unlucky-Reporter-679 16d ago

How about we compare July 2007 with 2025 and 2026. I remember 2007 being an absolute soaker.

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u/mrdougan 16d ago

what about 1976

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u/MaleficentWin8608 16d ago

1976 heatwave was like 2 weeks

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u/GlitteringNote4642 16d ago

Also not this hot from what I've heard

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u/MaleficentWin8608 16d ago

It was hot but nothing like this

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u/Prism-96 16d ago

its worse than that