Global warning blamed for wild weather

INCREASINGLY frequent storms, floods, droughts and other extreme weather battering Europe are consequences of global warming and other climatic changes, the European Environment Agency said yesterday.

Its report draws a grim picture of rising sea levels, melting glaciers in the Alps and deadly heat waves.

The report “underlines that strategies are needed, at European, regional, national and local levels to adapt to climate change,” said Jacqueline McGlade, the EEA’s executive director.