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Thirlmere reservoir in the Lake District UK, with a hosepipe ban in affect in the North West. United Utilities applied for the drought order, after the driest start to the year since 1929, with less than 50% of normal rainfall. The drought comes hot on the heals of the worst floods that Cumbria has ever seen, when in November 2009, United Utilities had to open the emergency valves to let water out, as the dam was in danger of collapsing when the water reached unprecendented high levels. Climate modelling shows that as the atmosphere warms we are more likely to move to a cycle of flood followed by drought.
Lake District
Cumbria
UK
National Park
Thirlmere
weather
drought
dry
climate change
global warming
reservoir
water
water supply
water security
edge
revealed
low
level
drying
drying up
water shortage
hose pipe ban
water rationing
shore
rock
exposed
bare
rock
dam
dammed
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