Intense summer floods caused by increasingly frequent heavy rains are becoming a major concern as climate change alters ...

MADRID/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The extreme rainfall causing deadly flooding across western Germany and Belgium has been so alarming, many across Europe are asking if climate change is to blame.

Western Europe was hit hardest, with 2024 ranking among the region's ten wettest years in records going back to 1950. Storms and flooding are Europe's costliest weather extremes, last year causing ...