Why is the UK so rainy this year and how is the climate crisis making matters worse?

It has rained in parts of the country every day of the year so far and downpours are expected to continue this weekIn a "miserable and relentlessly wet" start to the year, rain has fallen somewhere in the UK every single day for weeks on end.With more than 100 flood warnings in force across the country and further downpours forecast this week, scientists say the atmospheric forces behind Britain's endless drizzle are the same ones driving devastating floods across Spain and Portugal. Continue reading...