BRUSSELS, July 18, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Researchers at the European Commission
warned on Monday that nearly half of the EU's territory is currently at risk
of drought, as southwest Europe wilted under a punishing heatwave.
In a report for July, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre said
that 46 percent of the EU's territory was exposed to warning-level of
drought, with 11 percent at an alert level, with crops already suffering from
the lack of water.