English reservoirs fall below 2025 lowest level: comment

"England's reservoirs are now lower than at any point in last year's drought [2] based on Environment Agency figures, and the rains needed to replenish them haven't come. [3] This time last year, a wetter-than-average September had started to refill them.

"This year, England has had only two-thirds of its usual September rain, and the south-east and east around half. A month ago, most of England's rivers were flowing normally; now only 13% are, and one in the north-east has dried up completely. This summer's heat was made 130 times more likely due to climate change, [4] and things will only worse from here.

"As summers get hotter, England is relying ever more heavily on autumn and winter rain to bail it out, and so far this year the rains haven't come. Cutting emissions to net zero is the only way to stop the gamble getting worse."