Climate change makes European flooding more likely, study finds
a man rows a boat down a residential street after flooding in Angleur, Province of Liege, Belgium, in June 2021
CLIMATE change is making the kind of extreme rainfall that caused deadly flash flooding in western Europe last month more likely, scientists said in a report published today.
At least 220 people died in Germany and Belgium on July 14 and 15 when water swept away houses, roads and bridges, causing billions of euros in damage.
Researchers from World Weather Attribution found that downpours in western Europe are now between 3 and 19 per cent more intense because of global warming.
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