History Shows Central Europe Risks Megadroughts as Earth Warms

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Policy makers who are raising the alarm over water scarcity could still be underestimating the scale of droughts in store for central European economies, according to new research.More frequent dry spells over the last decade have already impacted European farmers, utilities and industries that rely on inland waterways. In 2018, one of the hottest summersrecorded in Germany dried up Rhine river transport and prompted almost $4 billion of insured losses across the continent. “Water stress is increasing,” the European Commission said ina statement on Monday.