Per edit: Wang Yuelong, Gai Yuanyuan
According to CCTV Finance quoted By Reuters, the danube river in Serbia has seen lower water levels, and more than 20 World War II-era sunken warships have been exposed, some of which are also loaded with tons of ammunition and explosives.
The ships belonged to Nazi Germany and sank during World War II. Recently, high temperatures in Europe have continued, and the Danube Water level has fallen to its lowest level in nearly a century, allowing these warships to surface. Several of the warships' remaining turrets and bridges are relatively intact, while most of the rest are still buried under the sandbars of the river beach. Several of the outcroped warships were loaded with tons of ammunition and explosives, posing a threat to Danube shipping.
The appearance of warships on the surface has reduced the navigable part of the Danube in the Prahovo Basin from 180 meters to 100 meters. Serbian officials say the shipwrecks pose not only a threat to Danube shipping, but also put fishery workers at risk. The Government of Serbia has tendered for the salvage of the wrecks and the dismantling of explosives, at an estimated cost of €29 million.
According to CCTV News, drought warnings have recently been issued almost daily in many parts of Europe, and the drought may be the heaviest ever recorded in the history of Continental Europa. Water levels in rivers and lakes drop.
According to previous data from the European Drought Watch website, about 63% of the EU and the UK have issued drought warnings or warnings.
The situation in many rivers in Europe is not optimistic. Parts of the Loire in France dried up almost completely, and some canals were forced to close. For the first time in history, the headwaters of the River Thames retreated about 8 km downstream.
The Hungarian section of the Danube, which flows through many European countries, is a serious problem. A representative of the Hungarian Tourism Board said that because of the low water level, boats could not dock and some stations north of the capital Budapest "have been closed for about a month".
Tour guide Yulia Claviansky said some tourists flew to Budapest but had to take a one-hour bus ride to komarno, a southern Slovakian city, to board a boat because the cruise ship could not dock.
Crawiansky said the decline in the Danube River level was visible to the naked eye. More underwater rocks are now emerging, making Margaret Island, the island in the heart of Budapest, "look bigger."
According to CCTV news, on August 15, local time, the water level in Germany on the Rhine Hit a record low, and Germany's inland waterway shipping was seriously affected, and German Federal Transport Minister Weissing said that the problem will continue to worsen.
The German Federal Watercourse and Shipping Authority announced on the 15th that in the Emmerich area of North Rhine-Westphalia, the water level of the Rhine River has dropped to 4 centimeters, and the previous record low was 7 centimeters measured in the autumn of 2018, according to the forecast of the authority, the water level in the area may be reduced to zero as early as the 16th.
The German Inland Shipping Association called for the speedy implementation of the planned construction measures to deepen the courses of the Rhine and Danube rivers.
Edited | Wang Yuelong GaiYuanyuan
Proofreading | Cheng Peng
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