Spain could face three more months of warmer and drier conditions as Europe suffers a major drought that has fuelled forest fires, dried up rivers and devastated crops.
The news comes as beach showers in Spain were turned off this summer due to the worsening effects of the drought. The EU's Copernicus programme said in a report for the month of August: "Warmer and drier than usual conditions are likely to occur in the western Euro-Mediterranean region in the coming months until November 2022."
Almost half of the 27-nation EU is under drought warning, with conditions worsening in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania and Spain.
