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Good thing the UK already made sure its agricultural sector wouldn't be able to function by leaving the union, that's one less impact to worry about!
It's a good thing they've been dredging the (now sewerage filled) rivers and sorted all the other flood defences out in preparation!
Oh, wait... 🙄
English summer rain.. always lasts for ages singing Placebo song
Could you guys stop the City of London from investing in fossil fuels with laundered money then?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found.
If fossil fuel burning is not rapidly cut and the global temperature reaches 2C in the next decade or two, such severe wet weather would occur every three years on average, the analysis showed.
For example, dehumidifiers provided to dry out flooded homes were not used by some because of high energy costs, while others could not afford to replace losses of frozen food after storms cut power supplies.
Dr Sarah Kew, a researcher at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and also part of the WWA team, said: “The UK and Ireland face a wetter, damper and mouldier future due to climate change.
A separate analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit found that the losses of arable crops alone in the UK due to the heavy rain would cost farmers about £1.2bn, compared with average production over the last decade.
Dr Ellie Murtagh, the UK climate adaptation lead at the British Red Cross, said: “We know flooding has a devastating impact on people’s lives.
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The Long Rain, by Ray Bradbury