After a hot and dry summer, stormy weather could bring down trees and cause flooding
El Niño could bring storms and floods to the UK heading into autumn, posing challenges to gardens already battered after this summer’s extreme heat and drought.
This year’s climate phenomenon, forecast to be the strongest in living memory, could threaten weakened trees and flood gardens, experts say.
But there are a number of ways that gardeners can mitigate the effects of the stormy conditions.
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