Long accustomed to preparing for cold and wet weather, the United Kingdom is confronting a very different challenge: How to cope with increasingly hot and dry conditions.

This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come, says Guardian…

Long accustomed to preparing for cold and wet weather, the United Kingdom is confronting a very different challenge: How to cope with increasingly hot and dry conditions.