The starting point of England’s River Thames has dried up and moved downstream, following weeks of little rainfall and a heatwave in July that destroyed the United Kingdom’s all-time temperature record.

According to CNN, the source of the river has moved 5 miles (8 kilometers) downstream to Somerford Keynes, according to the Rivers Trust, which works across the UK and Ireland.

The Thames usually begins in the English market town of Cirencester, part of the green and hilly Cotswolds countryside, and flows through the capital, London, and then out into the North Sea.

“What we’re seeing at the source of the iconic River Thames is sadly emblematic of the situation we’re facing across the country, now and in future,” Christine Colvin, Advocacy and Engagement Director for the Rivers Trust, said in a statement sent to CNN.

“Whilst it’s not uncommon for the source to be dry in the summer, to only be seeing the river flowing five miles downstream is unprecedented. The climate crisis is leading, and will lead, to more extreme weather including droughts and heatwaves. This poses a grave threat to rivers and, as a result, the wider landscape,” she said.

She added that the country needed to build resilience against the future climate.

“This means detecting household leaks, fixing mains infrastructure leaks, more efficient water use domestically plus implementing sustainable drainage solutions as part of desperately needed green infrastructure,” Colvin said.

The shift in the river’s headwaters comes as authorities in England warn that the country could officially fall into drought at some point in August.

Southern England recorded its driest July on record since 1836, with only 17% of average rainfall, according to the Met office. The country as a whole recorded just 35% (around 23 millimeters) of its average rainfall in July.

Several water companies have already announced hosepipe sanctions in parts of England’s south.

The UK’s Met Office has warned that high temperatures will return to England next week, though they are not expected to reach near the record highs seen in July.

“We could see parts of the UK entering heatwave conditions if the above-average temperatures last for three days or more. As the high pressure builds there is very little meaningful rain in the forecast, especially in those areas in the south of England, which experienced very dry conditions last month,” Met Office chief forecaster Steve Willington said.

Rebekah Sherwin, deputy chief meteorologist at the Met Office, said that early August sunshine in the UK did not have the same heating potential of mid-July, because the sun is lower in the sky and the days are shorter.

“Both of these factors suggest that we’re very unlikely to see temperatures peak much above low to mid 30s. However, this would still be a hot spell of weather,” Sherwin said.

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Heat wey don dey do us since time immemorial and our water no dry, Just once we e do oyibo their water couldn't take it anymore.

Wow!!! Honestly,I did not see this coming!
I have been seeing whole stretches of rivers dry up in Madagascar, Lebanon etc but this UK's own will shake the western news tabloid.
Meanwhile BP and Shell are declaring record bumper profits!They better make them fund the reclamation of the thames. The environmental destruction has eventually caught up with them.
They must pass a climate remedy tax on BP and Shell.
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If it has occurred in 1836, then no cause for alarm in 2022's occurrence.

Naija economy right now

FTC

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I see many top Nigerian pastors missing the rapture, I see them in their churches still conducting service and collecting offerings and tithes after the rapture, I see them deceiving their members by telling them that God specifically told them to stay behind so that they can win more souls for him.

I see guilble members especially females believing them and giving them all they have including sex.

This I have seen.

One of the famous river....

Small heat, their rivers don dey shake

Heat wey we don normal for us here

Sokoto heat na ur mate?
U go put hot water for outside, e go turn cold within few minutes

They should bring pipe to link Osun River

Them go say na end time things

Where Pastor Righteousness make im come tell us

Odewaleadesoye:


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Is APC that caused it now? Everything APC

Honestly, there are better things to discuss about

That one na aje butter river jor, small heat e just shrink abi dry

Homiesjinxbank:
They should bring pipe to link Osun River

When Osun osogbo is near

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Where's Pastor Righteousness when you need him

I don't know what to say.

Na God Dey punish those Oyinbo so

Na to go catch fish.

Ok

Exmilitant:
If it has occurred in 1836, then no cause for alarm in 2022's occurrence.

The point is the occurrence rate of high temperatures are higher than they have ever been. Hence the need to take steps to combat global warming.

FreeStuffsNG:
Wow!!! Honestly,I did not see this coming!
I have been seeing whole stretches of rivers dry up in Madagascar, Lebanon etc but this UK's own will shake the western news tabloid.
Meanwhile BP and Shell are declaring record bumper profits!They better make them fund the reclamation of the thames. The environmental destruction has eventually caught up with them.
They must pass a climate remedy tax on BP and Shell.
check my signature for freebies!

You too serious

i thought it was cold

Oya righteousness over to you. Oya reveal the revelation that is revolutionary in revolving the rovolver..

The same river that has London bridge on it ?

With the dry, london bridge Will now rest from too much mamiwater hitting the pillars every now and then.

Saner climes have come again.

Man of God caught wife in bed with assistant pastor.
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