There has been no significant rainfall for almost two months in Western, Central and Southern Europe and there's a high chance the dry conditions will last for months to come.
An unprecedented drought has afflicted nearly half of the European continent, damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions, causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species.The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has warned drought conditions will worsen
Some countries have restricted water use and shipping goods has become diffcult on major waterways like the Rhine and the Danube The dry period has been predicted to continue in what experts said could be the worst drought in 500 years — leaving dry and cracked reservoirs in Spain and falling water levels on major arteries like the Danube, the Rhine and the Po.
Europe isn't alone in the crisis, with drought conditions also reported in East Africa, the western United States and northern Mexico.
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