CLIMA
Europa com as piores inundações em mais de uma década
April 15, 2025 - O continente teve no passado o seu ano de inundações mais acentuadas desde 2013, com as mudanças climáticas a imporem o seu ano mais quente nos registos.
Flooding killed at least 335 people in Europe in 2024 and affected an estimated 413,000, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization said in a joint report on Europe's climate.
The two most destructive examples were the deluges that tore through central Europe in September and eastern Spain in October, which accounted for more than 250 of the 335 flooding deaths recorded across the continent in 2024.
Globally, 2024 was the world’s warmest year since records began, as well as the warmest for Europe – the planet’s fastest-warming continent.
Previous studies have shown that global heating has intensified and increased the likelihood of such disasters, as warmer temperatures allow clouds to unleash heavier rainfall.