After deadly storms battered central and southern Europe, German authorities issued fresh weather warnings. Strong winds fueled a wildfire in Spain, and falling water levels revealed a dangerous treasure in the Danube.
Experts have issued warnings for flash foods, but say the brief rainfall will not be enough to refill the country’s dry rivers. In Spain and Portugal, wildfires were finally brought under control.
From Spain to the US and Morocco, wildfires are burning out of control. DW looks at strategies to prevent infernos worsened by climate change.
Nearly 660,000 hectares of European land have already been destroyed by fires this year, according to EU data. The scale of the destruction this year would be the worst since records began in 2006.
Much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere is battling either wildfires, low water levels, harvest warnings, water use restrictions or a mixture of all these. DW rounds up the situation.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western access to Russia’s Soyuz rockets. The private American competitor to Europe’s Arianespace has emerged as a key contender to plug…
The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun preliminary technical discussions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX that could lead to the temporary use of its launchers after the Ukraine conflict blocked Western…
Much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere is battling either wildfires, low water levels, harvest warnings, water use restrictions or a mixture of all these. DW rounds up the situation.
Extended heat and low rainfall across Europe are causing major rivers to dry up. This is having serious consequences for wildlife, the economy, and the people living near the Rhine, Po, Thames and other affected rivers.