FILE This Wednesday, April 25, 2012 file photo shows a man sheltering under a copy of the Financial Times newspaper as he runs through a heavy rain shower outside the Bank of England in London. Sodden fields. Puddles. Floods. This is what drought looks like in Britain. Last month, water authorities banned 20 million homeowners from using hoses to water their lawns or wash their cars, saying two of the driest winters on record had plunged much of Britain into drought. Since then, the rain has hardly let up. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)