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    Home - Europe - More than 40% of Europe slides into drought, including pockets of Greece, southern Italy and Spain
    Europe Updated:May 30, 2025

    More than 40% of Europe slides into drought, including pockets of Greece, southern Italy and Spain

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    More than 40% of Europe slides into drought, including pockets of Greece, southern Italy and Spain

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    • Over 41% of Europe is currently facing drought conditions, with southern Spain, Greece, and Albania experiencing the most severe impacts.
    • March marked the warmest month on record for Europe, exacerbating water scarcity issues and raising concerns about agricultural yields across the continent.
    • The ongoing heat and dryness are raising alarms for an intense wildfire season, especially in Greece, where firefighting measures are being significantly ramped up.

    More than 40% of Europe slides into drought, including pockets of Greece, southern Italy and Spain

    Well over a third of Europe, including parts of holiday destinations like Spain, Greece and Italy, are now in drought.

    March was Europe’s warmest on record – a trend driven by climate change – and also saw below average rain across large parts of the north and east of the continent.

    Now 41.2% of Europe finds itself in some form of drought, according to the latest update from the EU’s European Drought Observatory, which covers 11 to 20 May.

    It is most acute in pockets of south-eastern Spain, Cyprus, Greece and Albania, where the strongest “alert” category has been issued, as well as parts of Poland and Ukraine.

    But broad stretches of northern and eastern Europe through France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine also drying up, sowing concerns about crop yields.

    On Thursday, the UK’s Environment Agency officially declared a drought in North West England after river and reservoir levels were licked away by a dry spring.

    The gravel bed of Lake Walchensee has been increasingly exposed by a drought affecting most of Germany.
    Greece tourism is ‘unsustainable’

    In Greece, “overtourism” from millions flocking to its beaches adds further pressure to water supplies, said Nikitas Mylopoulos, professor of water resource management at Thessaly University.

    “The tourist sector is unsustainable and there is no planning… leading to a tremendous rise in water demand in summer,” he told EU news.

    “The islands have an intense problem of drought and water scarcity.”

    Islands like Santorini and Mykonos are now forced to ship in water from Athens or desalination plants to provide for showers and swimming pools. In the past, many residents could make do with local methods like rainwater harvesting.

    But agriculture is a far bigger drain on the country’s water, with waste rife and policies lacking, said Prof Mylopoulos.

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