Europe Intelligence Brief for August 10: Western Europe recorded its warmest June and July ever, the Rhine, Danube and Seine are disrupting shipping and power, and three continents are now tightening their harvests at once.
Rio Times · Europe Intelligence Brief August 10
Key Facts
—A record broken Western Europe averaged 21.62 degrees across June and July, 2.79 degrees above the 1991 to 2020 mean and above the previous record set in 2022.
—Four heatwaves The region has had four separate heatwaves since May, which Copernicus calls exceptional, with data running back to 1950.
—Rivers running low The Rhine, Danube and Seine are unusually low, disrupting shipping, irrigation and power generation in several countries.
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