The UK Meteorological Office has reported that July 2025 may become Britain’s wettest month in 50 years, with rainfall already exceeding the monthly average by 73%. Parts of southern England and Wales are under amber flood alerts, disrupting road and rail travel.
Farmers across Kent and Hampshire have raised alarms over crop losses, especially in wheat and barley. Emergency crews were deployed to pump water from residential zones in Oxfordshire and Surrey.
Meanwhile, climate resilience experts in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan are monitoring the UK’s flood mitigation strategies to implement similar systems in South Asian floodplains.
