Environment Agency has confirmed Drought status in eight of its 14 areas

At The National Drought Group's meeting today, 12th August 2022, the Environment Agency said that the drought trigger threshold had been met to move parts of the South West, parts of Southern and Central England, and the East of England into Drought.

The Environment Agency has confirmed Drought status in eight of its 14 areas:

• Devon and Cornwall
• Solent and South Downs
• Kent and South London
• Herts and North London
• East Anglia
• Thames
• Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
• East Midlands