Of people on the south coast. from today, households in much of hampshire and the isle of wight will be affected by the hosepipe ban. from next friday, more than a million homes in kent and sussex will also have a ban enforced. and from august the 19th, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire. a shrinking reservoir in pembrokeshire. welsh water says that conditions have not been so dry here since 1976, and so they say they ve no choice but to introduce the ban which could last several weeks. it s the same picture at arlington reservoir in east sussex. south east water says there was only 8% of average rainfall injuly. we ve been watching our resource levels carefully over the last couple of months, and while we ve recently been through a period of hot weather and the heatwave that we saw, really our concern then was around demand. unfortunately, the dry
No ash cloud so no problem with commercial flights. but spectacular it certainly is. coral across much of australia s great barrier reef has reached record levels, after storms and changing ocean temperatures had previously caused it to erode. australian scientists say the north and central stretches of the world s biggest reef system show the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years although there s now less in its southern section. now it s time for a look at the weather with darren bett hello there. we ve got the hosepipe ban coming into force today across hampshire and the isle of wight. and this was the scene in hampshire earlier on today. blue skies, baking sunshine and very dry ground as well. this is what s to come in the next five days. this is the rainfall accumulation. and there s nothing no rain, really, across many southern parts of the uk. we do have some blues there, some rain further north, mainly in the northwest of scotland, it has to be said.
And while we ve recently been through a period of hot weather and the heatwave that we saw, really our concern then was around demand. unfortunately, the dry weather s continued, demands have remained high, so we re seeing our raw water levels, such as the reservoir we re at today, are starting to drop and get below the trigger levels for us to need to take further action. just outside london, the river has dried up completely in some places. millions of people in the capital also face the possibility of a hosepipe ban, with thames water saying demand is at its highest for 25 years. this is what much of southern england looks like now instead of grass, fields of hay. the country is not yet in drought, but the met office are predicting higher temperatures next week especially in the south and not much rainfall. zoe conway, bbc news. matt is in hampshire for us this morning.
Discharges, after a judge said they showed a shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment. since then, there s been a lack of trust in the company by many local people. i think when hosepipe bans are announced, people want to do their bit for the environment and they want to help. but there s the issue in our community that people have seen years, if not decades, of the water company not doing their bit. so at a time when bills are high and people are already wondering where their money is going, being asked additionally to stop using their hosepipes is going to be raising eyebrows for a lot of people on the south coast. from today, households in much of hampshire and the isle of wight will be affected by the hosepipe ban. from next friday, more than a million homes in kent and sussex will also have a ban enforced. and from august the 19th, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales in pembrokeshire and a small part of carmarthenshire.
People like farmers changing the way that they do things. we know some farmers have actually had to harvest their crop early as a result of the lack of water supply in some areas of the country. what can people expect? because their art finds in place. remind us what people can expect in terms of the hosepipe ban there are fines in place. i should point out that this is the driestjuly in england and wales for almost a century. it is the driest on record in some parts of southern england. and in the period between january and june this year, it was the driest in england since 1976. in some parts of hampshire as well, there has been no rain here since