THOUSANDS of homes will be without water for at least 24 hours after rising temperatures caused pipes to burst. The drastic jump from last week’s -17.3C to yesterday’s 15.9C sparked car…
"This has resulted in many of our drinking water storage tanks, which hold treated water before it is pumped to customers’ taps, going empty or very low.
United Utilities said it took the "difficult decision" to turn off supplies after higher-than-normal reports of leaks and bursts. Dr Stephen Burt, a meteorology expert at the University of Reading, where temperatures have changed from -5C last week to 12C on Monday, called it an "extraordinary rise of almost 20C in a few days".
"The British Isles often lies on the border between cold, dry Arctic airmasses and those originating from well south of our latitude, and such changes from very cold to very mild, or vice versa, are very much a feature of our winter climate - although not often with the degree or rapidity of the changes experienced within the past 24 to 36 hours."
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