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gniv · 2026-08-30T15:42:18.000Z

The timing of this article is a bit unfortunate. It's been raining here (France) every day for the past week, sometimes heavily.

throw-the-towel · 2026-08-30T16:05:28.000Z

That's been long overdue. I really doubt a few days of rain would make anyone in France forget the rest of this summer.

anonymars · 2026-08-30T17:09:20.000Z

I don't know, the last few years have taught me that humans have exceedingly short memories

Iridescent_ · 2026-08-30T17:35:00.000Z

We'll see whether the heatwaves and drought have been forgotten or not in May...

boudin · 2026-08-30T17:24:05.000Z

It was a good amount of rain, but most of it just went straight to rivers as soil is really dry (think if try to get a dry sponge wet again, soil behave in a similar way). It helps but if there are no new rain episodes, water tables will stay low, soil dry in depth and most of the country in a complicated situation regarding water.

youngtaff · 2026-08-30T18:34:45.000Z

We’ve engineered so that rain water goes into rivers and out to sea.

Whereas we really need to slow it down so that it permeates the ground

bamboozled · 2026-08-30T21:58:37.000Z

Forests

fasterik · 2026-08-30T17:19:35.000Z

The article is talking primarily about Eastern Europe. It's also not inconsistent to say that it's raining during a drought. That's why we distinguish between weather and climate.

troupo · 2026-08-30T18:05:23.000Z

"Rain every day" is at best millimeters to tens of millimeters of water (depending on the rain).

You need significantly more to properly saturate the earth, especially after a drought.

gniv · 2026-08-30T18:27:24.000Z

Yeah they still have restrictions in my area but I don't know how to find out the real situation. I am close to the Seine and I've seen it quite high the other day, but that's probably not a good indication of the general state.