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Histon, the UK’s driest village, is suffering under a brutal drought with just 203.6mm of rain since January—less than even normally arid regions. Gardens are turning to straw, sports fields are cracking, and a hosepipe ban now affects Cambridgeshire after official drought declaration. Health warnings loom as dust storms aggravate asthma and coughing, especially for elderly residents whose lunch clubs have been canceled, deepening isolation. Hairdressers report more clients struggling to breathe, while neighbors band together in “watering parties” to keep gardens alive. Dust devils swirl across parks as the Environment Agency monitors England’s parched water reserves.

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