Europeans endured the hottest summer on record last year, with wildfires, floods and intense heatwaves hitting the continent, a report by EU scientists released yesterday said.
Summer temperatures were about 1°C above the average over the past three decades, with Italy even recording temperatures of 48.8°C a provisional record for the whole of Europe.
A particularly bad heatwave in the Mediterranean helped to ignite severe wildfires, which burned more than 800,000 hectares in countries including Greece, Turkey and Italy. Meanwhile, record rainfall led to devastating floods across Belgium and western Germany that killed more than 200 people.
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Europeans endured the hottest summer on record last year, with wildfires, floods and intense heatwaves hitting the continent, according to a report by.
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