Ocean Heat Threatens to Supercharge Storm Season in Europe August 19, 2026 By Laura Millan Rising temperatures in the ocean now have the potential to cause intense storms in Europe later this year, according to...
Climate Damage: The Next Hit to Europe’s Public Finances August 19, 2026 By Mark John and Yoruk Bahceli Someone will have to pick up the tab for the damage wrought by Europe’s increasingly volatile weather, and with the...
France Pledges €100 Million in Wildfire Aid for Homes and Firms August 18, 2026 By Nayla Razzouk France is mobilizing more than €100 million ($116 million) in aid to rebuild homes and issue tax relief to businesses...
Europe’s Heatwaves Expose Insurance Gap as Business Losses Mount August 18, 2026 By Simon Jessop, Rebecca Delaney and Valentina Za For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink,...
Belgian Firefighters Battle Record Blaze Near German Border August 17, 2026 By Katharina Rosskopf, Mark Schroers, Phil Serafino and Sotiris Nikas Emergency services were attempting to control a large wildfire in the east of Belgium on Sunday, after the blaze destroyed...
Germany Evacuates Nearly 2,000 People as Wildfire Spreads in the West August 14, 2026 More than 2,000 people evacuated their homes in western Germany on Friday, after a wildfire near the Belgian border spread...
Low Rhine River Levels Disrupt German Industry August 13, 2026 By Patricia Weiss and Christoph Steitz German companies are reporting growing disruption from Rhine water levels that have hit record lows, with chemical producers, utilities, steelmakers...
Rhine River Shipping Stalls as Water Level Hits Record Low August 12, 2026 By Eamon Akil Farhat, Rachel Graham and Sasha Draeger-Mazer Water levels on the Rhine river are dwindling further, with no relief in sight, forcing companies that rely on the...
German Shippers Warn Rhine Could Be ‘Split in Two’ by Low Water August 10, 2026 Low water levels risk halting cargo traffic on a key stretch of the Rhine this week, effectively splitting the critical...
Danube River Hits Record Lows and Threatens Romania, Hungary Nuclear Plants August 5, 2026 By Andra Timu, Thomas Escritt, Daniel Hornak and Andrea Dudik The green excavator scooped another heap of arid dirt and rocks before swiveling around to deposit the load onto barges...