{"id":366223,"date":"2026-07-31T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-does-being-in-drought-actually-mean\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:00:28","slug":"what-does-being-in-drought-actually-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-does-being-in-drought-actually-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does being in drought actually mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZpLuCrVVod8\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What does being in drought actually mean?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZpLuCrVVod8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Half of England and the whole of Wales is suffering from drought as a result of the recent combination of low rainfall and high temperatures. But what exactly is drought? 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