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UK properties [at risk of flooding](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/31/climate-crisis-flood-risk-britain) could increase by 40% by 2050, without action, and peak flow in rivers could be 45% higher. Sea levels will increase by 20cm to 45cm, putting
drought. The lack of rain is by no means a nationwide picture though with Scotland and Northern Ireland seeing most of the rain with above average figures. Winter rainfall helped replenish water supplies after
UK, receiving about half the national average rainfall, and East of England is classified as being severely water-stressed. Southern Water, which provides water for 2.7 million customers across Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle
levels affecting much of the country](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crk661074ejo). That came shortly after one of the [UK's wettest winters on record in 2023-24](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp992nxxe7do), which triggered widespread flooding. The CCC stresses
impacts". It comes after a late spring heatwave saw temperature records shattered across the UK. A new all-time May record of 35.1C was set in Kew Gardens, London, replacing the previous record