supervised a truck spraying water into the woods. translation: we ve never known a summer like this. | it s a catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe, and also a climate catastrophe. the sun and wind need to be replaced by clouds and rain as quickly as possible. 10,000 people have been evacuated from their home region. at a shelter in the town of sal. christian told me it s the second time he s had to flee this summer. translation: i m fed up with it mentally and physically. it s time to go home, but itjust doesn t stop. it s a very serious fire the first time there s been such a big fire in our region. christian hopes he ll be able to go home soon. cooler temperatures are forecast for next week. but he, like everyone here, is worried about the future.
we met the mayor as he supervised a truck spraying water into the woods. translation: we ve never known a summer like this. | it s a catastrophe, an environmental catastrophe, and also a climate catastrophe. the sun and wind need to be replaced by clouds and rain as quickly as possible. 10,000 people have been evacuated from their home region. at a shelter in the town of sal, christian told me it s the second time he s had to flee this summer. translation: i m fed up with it mentally and physically. - it s time to go home, but itjust doesn t stop. it s a very serious fire the first time there s been such a big fire in our region. christian hopes he ll be able to go home soon. cooler temperatures are forecast for next week. but he, like everyone here, is worried about the future. bethany bell, bbc news in the gironde.
likely to be heavy and thundery. could well see one or two showers developing across parts of wales and south west england. most will be dry though, some mist and low cloud still clinging to north eastern coasts. temperatures will be the talking point once again, 35 or 36 celsius the top temperature across parts of south east england and widely in the high 20s or low 30s celsius. and the showers start to become more active as we go through sunday evening and overnight and starting to develop across parts of north west england, wales and south west england. again, still heavy and thundery, but falling onto dry ground. likely to be some problems with flash flooding in places and still a very muggy night. parts of southern england once again could have a tropical night with temperatures not falling below 20 celsius. but as we head through monday, this area of low pressure starts to become more dominant and we ll start to see more frequent showers developing. now on monday once again, the
this drought changing lives and landscapes. ladybower reservoir in derbyshire, now half full. i think we ve got forecast - extremes of weather and that s the thing that we re now seeing become the new normal- with the climate emergency. and in west wales, fields of crops threatened by wildfires. in may, the perfect playing surface, but look now. the outfield burnt yellow. odiham in hampshire has gone more than 40 days without a drop of rain, longer than anywhere else in the country. it s dangerous. they slip when they re bowling. they can fall over trying to field a ball and it s dangerous. so we ve gone from having to water our square maybe once a week, twice a week to keep it in good nick to now doing it at least once a day. rain is on the way, but the authorities warn the drought could be with us for months to come. angus crawford, bbc news.
some showers, more frequent showers developing across the southern half of england as well. so a greater chance that we ll see some spells of rain on tuesday. and you ll notice that the temperatures starting to coming down, still warm, but close to where they should be for the time of year. so through tuesday and wednesday, this area of low pressure is still close by, still the chance that we ll see some showers, some thunderstorms. but given how dry the ground is, it may well be that we ll see some problems with flash flooding. but certainly in the days ahead, things will be turning cooler with a chance of some rain. bye bye.