happening now, rescue efforts in italy with widespread flooding in mudslides. and people have been killed and thousands displaced, and six months worth of rain have fallen in 36 hours. the rivers have burst the banks and causing 30 landslides. we have our reporter in rome, and these numbers are just bad, barbara. yes, it is devastating. looking at the heroic rescue efforts by these first responders, but what is really interesting, i think in this area, is that everyone is expected this to be a drought area, because they have been undergoing drought area, and no snow that fed the rivers and things like that, and what we have is all of the rivers cresting and bursting, and the roads are wiped out.
on theirfields from midnight tomorrow. although not officially declared a drought area, in barry island in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business. financially, it s helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme and there is forecast for some rain early next week but the environment agency says we will need weeks of rain to stop the drought affecting parts of england. helena wilkinson, bbc news, surrey. it s notjust the uk that s suffering drought much of europe has also had weeks with little or no rain. in germany the lack of water is starting to have significant economic impacts asjenny hill reports now from the river rhine. this is the river bed of the mighty rhine. if you walked here in normal times you d be underwater.
this allotment has suffered after nearly six weeks with little rain and dry conditions. plots are bare, crops and flowers are drying. i have had excellent crops of broad beans. murray owns an allotment here. it has meant a poorer harvest and a depressing time of the year when we should be bringing in lots and lots of crops. i do have that longer term worry that it is going to put people off the idea of gardening. in fife, in scotland, farmers are being temporarily banned from using water from the river eden on theirfields from midnight tomorrow. although not officially declared a drought area, in barry island in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business. financially, it s helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme and there is forecast for some rain early next week
banned from using them. in some areas, there are exemptions. rule breakers could be fined £1000. one of the areas banned is haywards heath in west sussex. this allotment has suffered after nearly six weeks with little rain and dry conditions. plots are bare, crops and flowers are drying. dying. i have had excellent crops of broad beans. murray owns an allotment here. it has meant a poorer harvest, and a depressing time of year when we should be bringing in lots and lots of crops. and i do have that longer term worry that it is going to put people off the idea of gardening. in fife, in scotland, farmers are being temporarily banned from using water from the river eden on theirfields from midnight tomorrow. although not officially declared a drought area, in barry island in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business. financially, it s