damp

Hotter, longer drought conditions mean that instead of smelling pleasantly damp, rotting leaves on the forest floor, we get the ominous smell of dry, dusty ones.

During the visit, the migrants walked the court through military tents they have been living in, pointing out damp, tears in the canvas, droppings, and a rats’ nest above one of the beds.

She grew up wrapping damp greens in linen tea towels to keep them crisp but was frustrated when her salad makings fell out of the towels.

"It was like an open building site, there was damp running through, there was no electricity, there was no water a lot of the time, there were no toilets, there were lumps falling out of the walls because of the damp."

Legislation setting tough new requirements for landlords to investigate and fix hazards in social homes - such as damp and mould – within strict timeframes will also be brought forward, they added.