Precipitation caused by climate change in early September had widespread impacts across the Mediterranean region, a report said on Tuesday. The study, published by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative and prepared by researchers from Greece, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom, assessed the extent to which human-induced climate change has altered the likelihood and intensity of heavy rainfall events that led to flooding. Assessing heavy rainfall and flooding in several countries across the Mediterranean during the first two weeks of September, the report said these extreme events were caused by low-pressure systems that formed around a blocking high centered over the Netherlands. Torrential rain fell in Spain within a few hours on September 3, followed by very heavy rain and flooding caused by low-pressure system Daniel in Greece and Bulgaria between September 4 and 7, and devastating flooding in Libya. after very extreme rainfall over the past 10 days. The heavy rains caused devastating floods that not only submerged settlements and left thousands homeless, but also killed at least four people in Bulgaria, six in Spain, seven in Turkey and 17 in Greece. (Burak Bir)