About 46% of the EU territory is exposed to ‘warning’ drought levels, i.e. a significant soil moisture deficit.
About half of the territory of the EU is currently facing a risk of drought following the prolonged lack of precipitation, the European Commission announced on Monday July 18, while the continent is going through an exceptional episode of heat wave.
About 46% of the territory of the EU is exposed to so-called drought levelswarning“, that is to say a significant deficit of humidity on the ground, while 11% is in a state of alert, with vegetation and crops weakened by the lack of water, she specified, based on a report by the JRC, the Commission’s scientific research service.