The Latest Breaking News on Droughts

An area of the Highlands has been placed under the highest level of water scarcity alert as dry weather continues.

People and businesses are being urged to use water carefully as dry weather conditions are expected to persist and water demand is rising.

Llanishen and Lisvane reservoirs have been restored by Welsh Water after they were drained by an American-owned power giant during a decade-long planning battle

A delegation of German lawmakers on Monday scrapped a trip to assess the sustainability of strawberry production near Spain's endangered Donana wetlands as a war of words between Spain's ruling socialists and the opposition over water scarcity escalated ahead of a snap election next month.

With little rainfall expected across Scotland next week, officials anticipate the warning will reach across a much wider area of the country.

Carl and Stella Hattersley have set up the Robert Hattersley Foundation after losing their son in July last year

SCOTLAND cannot rule out water restrictions this summer as the majority of the country is now impacted by water scarcity, according to water agency…

The banks of Llyn Peris in Snowdonia are very low, but concerns about drought have been eased

Parking spaces on a busy west end street have been left out of use for months after telecoms engineers left a site in a 'complete mess' and failed to return.

PARTS of Scotland are in a state of water scarcity while southern England has seen above-average rainfall, according to Met Office analysis.

A spring report released on the first day of the meteorological summer has revealed large regional differences in rainfall across the UK.