BSS
  18 Jul 2022, 17:53

Nearly half of EU territory 'at risk' of drought

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.