Eastern Europe is the most affected. In Kosovo, Serbia and Bulgaria, almost 100% of the soils are affected by drought and more than a third are on alert. Water cuts affected more than 156,000 people in Bulgaria in mid-July, this resource is increasingly rare each year.
In Hungary, almost half of the territory was on alert in early July (47%), a clear aggravation compared to the end of June (21%).
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All levels combined, drought is also pronounced east of the Mediterranean, especially in Armenia (95%). In Türkiye (77%), the situation, coupled with strong winds, gave rise to hundreds of fires.
Half of Syria is also affected by a drought that threatens the wheat harvest and places more than 16 million inhabitants in danger of food insecurity this year, according to the UN.
In Western Europe, the situation is more contrasted. In the United Kingdom, 18% of the soils are alert situation, up more than 6 points compared to the end of June. France is also concerned with 12% of its territory on alert, mainly in the West. In total, two thirds of French soils are affected by drought.
Conversely, Spain and Portugal remain relatively preserved with very low drought rates (6% and 1%).
