Hosepipe ban for July ...despite rain storms
Ground parched after driest spring
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Hoses are still not allowed areas. Unfortunately, short periods of rainfall, such as those we have experienced last week, are not sufficient to return raw water sources to normal levels.” Irish Water insists that a return to normal rainfall levels is needed to push back the drought currently seen in 38 local water schemes throughout the country – and could even be in place beyond the end of July. She explained: “A minimum accumulation of 100mm rainfall and a return to normal precipitation levels thereafter would be needed to offset the impact of the unseasonal lack of rainfall since March.
“If the situation improves we will consider lifting the order but if the conditions do not improve, or deteriorate, we will have to consider extending the Water Conservation Order beyond July 21.”
Met Eireann also said yesterday the ground remains dry but that showers this week could bring some muchneeded precipitation.
Rainfall last week was patchy, falling heavily in some places
THREE people are feared dead after a knifeman went on the rampage in a sunny park yesterday.
Families had gathered in the afternoon sun after a Black Lives Matter demo in Reading had ended peacefully when a man reportedly pulled a knife and began randomly stabbing people.
One witness said: “I thought they were playing duck duck goose... then we realised it was blood.” Home Secretary Priti Patel tweeted last
Road past the town hall near Forbury Gardens while not in others. On Friday, 7.6mm fell in Met Eireann’s Phoenix Park station, while 15.9mm came down in Ballyhaise. None fell at Shannon Airport.
Earlier in the week, the Delphi Lodge in Co Mayo saw 72mm of rainfall in just a few hours.
Deirdre Lowe, forecaster with Met Eireann, told the Irish Sunday Mirror: “It’s taking a while for the heavy rainfall to saturate into the ground.
“But hopefully things will improve in the coming week.”
Last night’s unsettled weather will continue this week with rain expected today, tomorrow and Tuesday.
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It’s taking a while for heavy rain to saturate the ground DEIRDRE LOWE MET EIREANN YESTERDAY
night: “Deeply concerned to hear reports of an incident in Reading.”
Thames Valley Police said: “Police attended at around 7pm along with other emergency services. Officers arrested a man at the scene who is now in police custody.”
Massive police response to the Reading attack
Air ambulance on the scene in Reading