Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024
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European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record.
By Ajit Niranjan
The home-wrecking storms and floods that swept Europe last year affected 413,000 people, a report has found, as fossil fuel pollution forced the continent to suffer through its hottest year on record.
Dramatic scenes of cars piled up on inundated streets and bridges being ripped away by raging torrents were seen around the continent in 2024, with ‘high’ floods on 30% of the European river network and 12% crossing the ‘severe’ flood threshold, according to the European State of the Climate report.
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.
Previous studies have found the disasters were made stronger and more likely because of global heating, which lets clouds pumm...
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