Spain's northeast Catalonia region is currently suffering its worst drought on record.
And, as Statista's Anna Fleck reports, it's not just Spain afflicted with this problem: The EU Commission's Joint Research Center sounded the alarm earlier this year over how prolonged drought events have affected Europe for more than two years already and northern Africa for as many as six, which is "causing water shortages and hampering vegetation growth."
Comment: Indeed extreme weather is having a catastrophic impact on food supplies; it's just an issue that is sorely underreported. However, as just one example, in the UK, due to increasing incompetence and corruption, there's been no significant investment in water infrastructure over the past 30 years, which means that despite receiving up to double the amount of rainfall at various other times throughout the year, the government is enforcing water restrictions come summertime.
Comment: And people are right to be concerned: Europe is wargaming a food crisis - Bloomberg
Moreover, the situation is much the same across the Western world, however at the moment it seems that it's the price of goods - and 'skimplflation' - that's, ultimately, causing their health to suffer: