Record rainfall in the south, drought in the north: what’s causing Europe’s unusual spring weather?

2025’s rainy spring has brought a swift end to the droughts plaguing several Spanish regions, restoring ecosystems to parched fields, reviving withered trees and shrubs, and bringing back a lush, green landscape not seen for a long time. It has also placed the country’s reservoir levels much higher the averages of the last decade.

At the same time, drought has spread across central…

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