Drought-hit Europe could face three more dry months, EU report says

Drought-hit Europe could face three more dry months, EU report says
Children walk in the bed of the dry Galardi river (Bob Edme/AP)

Parts of the European Union could face three more months of warmer and drier conditions as Europe suffers a major drought that has fuelled forest fires, dried up rivers and devastated crops.

“Warmer and drier than usual conditions are likely to occur in the western Euro-Mediterranean region in the coming months until November 2022,” notably in Spain and Portugal, the EU’s Copernicus programme said in a report for the month of August.

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