The Met Office has warned the UK government and nationwide transport officials to start preparing for the wettest summer in over 100 years.
If you’re living in the UK right now, you’re probably wondering where the glorious sun is hiding.
After an particularly miserable spring, Brits everywhere have been forced to wait for the arrival of summer to experience long-awaited afternoons spent basking in parks and beer gardens.
Unfortunately, news from the Met Office’s weather prediction service is not looking optimistic, with forecasts for the coming summer months looking pretty bleak.
The organization recently met with government and transport officials to warn them to prepare for some very wet weeks ahead. Projections show this could be the rainiest summer since 1912, with as many as 55 rainy days potentially on the horizon.
The Met Office warns that this amount of consistent rain could bring with it ‘localised heavy downpours and thunderstorms,’ resulting in flooding in certain parts of the country.
It’s been an extremely wet winter in the UK. In fact, the UK is having its wettest 18 months in recorded history.
Despite this, the headline two days ago was “UK at risk of summer water shortages and hosepipe bans” because the aging infrastructure isn’t capturing the water. pic.twitter.com/2pOGNPqf4v
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