Are we on our way to an equally scorching summer as in the 1976 disaster year? “In terms of precipitation deficiency we are on exactly the same schedule”

Are we on our way to one of the driest and hottest summers ever? With the current precipitation deficit, according to hydrologist Patrick Willems (KU Leuven), we are completely on the same schedule as in ‘disaster year’ 1976. Then a bone -dry spring caused a scorching summer, in which even the water tap closed and cows escaped from their withered meadows. “We urgently need rain for a longer period of time.”

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