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The UK has seen one of the driest springs on record this year
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Yorkshire has officially entered a state of drought due to critically low river flows and groundwater levels, exacerbated by one of the driest springs ever recorded, the Environment Agency (EA) has announced.
Made on Thursday, the announcement escalates the region's status from ‘prolonged dry weather’ to ‘drought.’
