More wet days in the Netherlands as Europe keeps warming

The Netherlands had more wet days last year and above average precipitation, as Europe registered again record-breaking temperatures, a report by the EU Earth observation programme Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) reveals. According to the European State of the Climate report published on Tuesday, Europe is the fastest-warming continent with an average temperature last year 2.4° Celsius above pre-industrial times (1850–1900). Data analysed by Copernicus and the WMO shows that 2024 was the warmest year for Europe, with...