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UK Rain Returns: Hope for Drought-Hit Areas
17 Aug
Summary
- Some UK regions received rain on Sunday night and Monday morning.
- More rainfall is expected before Thursday this week in specific areas.
- Southern England is still likely to experience very little rainfall.
Following an extended period of minimal rainfall, leading to drought conditions and hosepipe bans, welcome rain has begun to fall in several UK areas. This welcome precipitation started on Sunday night and continued into Monday morning.
The Met Office has identified specific locations likely to receive further heavy rain downpours before Thursday. These include cities such as Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, and Preston, along with Barrow-in-Furness, York, and parts of Somerset.
However, the anticipated rainfall will not reach all parts of the country. Southern England, in particular, is expected to see very little rain. While some areas in the south-west might experience showers on Wednesday, the overall outlook suggests a mixed impact of the approaching weather system.
