England sees driest spring since 1956

LONDON, May 14 (AFP): England has seen the driest start to spring for 69 years, the UK government's Environment Agency said, amid concerns over possible drought in coming months.
For England as a whole, April was "the third consecutive month of below average rainfall, and the driest February to April period since 1956", the agency said in a report Tuesday.
Rainfall in April had been either below normal or lower in more than three-quarters of areas, it said, adding the three-month cumulative totals were also low or exceptionally low across most of England.