EU report: majority of Europe threatened by drought

According to a report by the EU Commission’s Joint Research Center, a large part of the European Union’s territory is threatened by drought. At the end of June, 46 percent of land was at a drought warning level two, and 11 percent was at the highest of three warning levels, according to data released Monday. Severe drought, which has affected several regions of Europe since the beginning of the year, continues to spread and worsen, the report said. This is due, for example, to a lack of precipitation combined with heat waves.