Europe hit by heatwaves, floods and wildfire in 2023 as climate crisis grows
Europe suffered a “huge number” of climate extremes as the continent was hit by heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and flooding last year, scientists said.
The extreme weather affected human health and caused billions of pounds in economic losses – and is set to get more frequent and intense as the world warms, experts said as they launched a report on the European state of the climate in 2023.
The report, from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the UN’s World Meteorological Service (WMO), details the impacts of coasts, the continent’s largest ever wildfire and exceptional glacier melt.
