Europe is once again facing a brutally hot summer, according to meteorologists and weather forecasts. After ten months running of record-beating global highs and with ocean surface temperatures in the Atlantic hotter than any period in the last 40 years at least, there is little reason to expect a change in the trend, scientists say.
Summer 2024 is therefore predicted to bring temperatures hotter than those usually felt in the season, and along with it, droughts and intense heatwaves affecting the majority of the European region.
Risk of heatwaves, wildfires and droughts
Meteo France is anticipating the next three months to see hotter…
