Climate report warns of regular wildfires and floods in Europe

The State of the Climate in Europe Report said that extreme weather will lead to more death and illness.

Due to the ongoing drought, the level of the Rhine river in Duesseldorf, Germany,  reached a low last August. Picture: Federico Gambarini/dpa via AP)

Europe is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet, with glaciers in the Alps retreating at an alarming rate, hundreds of weather-related fatalities and €50bn worth of damage — mostly caused by storms and flooding.  

Those are just some of the findings from a joint report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and EU Copernicus Climate Change Service, which warned that the exceptional heat, wildfires, and floods seen over the past two summers will become regular events in the future.