The European Copernicus Observatory said in a report published today, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization, that nearly a third of the rivers in Europe was flooded last year 2024, which was one of the ten most rainy years in the continent since 1950.
“France 24” channel quoted Samantha Burgis of the European Center for Medium -Range Air Forensic Forexes that provides Copernicus Climate Service to its reference – at a press conference – as saying that Europe witnessed in 2024 large -scale floods that have not been seen since 2013.
It was affected by these floods about 413 thousand people, at least 335 of them died, while the damage was estimated at about $ 18 billion.
The Observatory pointed out that these disasters occurred during the most hot 2024, and it shows that a more hot planet absorbs a lot in water than the atmosphere, which leads to heavy rains and floods, a threat that in particular weighing Europe.
Borgis says that this “amazing contradiction” between the West and the East is not directly related to climatic changes, but it is the conflicting pressure systems that affect the cloud cover and the transfer of moisture, explaining that the storms that occurred in 2024 “may be more violent due to the high temperature and humidity” .. “With the phenomenon of global warming, we are witnessing more and more extremist events.”
The report confirms the expectations of climate experts in the International Climate Change Committee, which says that Europe will become one of the areas where the risk of floods increases more than others due to the phenomenon of global warming.
