Flooding, storms, and drought ‘clear signs of climate crisis’

Tidal flooding hit Cork city yesterday at around 4.48pm and within a short space of time, all low-lying quay areas throughout the city were suffering from some degree of flooding. Picture Denis Minihane.

The human toll of climate change has been laid bare, with new figures showing 15,000 heat-related deaths were recorded in Europe this year – and that figure is expected to rise significantly.

Figures from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that 4,500 people died in Germany, 5,000 in Spain and Portugal, and more than 3,000 in the UK during the summer.