FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows a man rowing a boat among houses flooded by the Danube River in the village of Ersekcsanad, Hungary, September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent's river network hit by significant floods, scientists said on Tuesday, as fossil fuel-driven climate change continued to prompt torrential rain and other extreme weather.
Flooding killed at least 335 people in Europe in 2024 and affected more than 410,000, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization said in a joint report on Europe's climate.
