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A Drying Danube River Reveals Nazi-Era Vessels, and Hazards of Heat

Read the full story in the New York Times (gift article). Serbia this week started pulling a sunken Nazi-era fleet out of the Danube River, where lowered water levels caused by extreme heat have exposed some of the vessels and created a headache for captains trying to navigate around them. Near the end of World … Continue reading A drying Danube River reveals nazi-era vessels, and hazards of heat

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Due to the low water level, numerous interesting objects have surfaced on the Danube. These include the remains of an Austrian ship that sank in 1944 near Medve (Dunaszerdahely District), which have become visible before during low water levels, but never as much as now. The wreck is located approximately 1.3–1.4 kilometers from the Medve Danube Bridge, on the Slovak side of the Old Danube, about 140 meters from the shore.

·Budapest, Hungary
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In various places in Europe, remnants from the Second World War have surfaced due to the extreme drought. For instance, about twenty German shipwrecks were suddenly exposed in Serbia, while in Germany, an American bomb was recovered from the Rhine. Watch the footage of these impressive finds in the video above.

·Kobbegem, Belgium
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Historically low level of the Danube reveals wreckage of ships of the 2nd World War The stretch of the Danube river that crosses Serbia reached its lowest level already recorded on Friday (14).Amidst this scenario, with historically low water levels exposing sand banks, wreckage of German warships of the Second World War reappeared and have become an attraction that attracts tourists.In addition to the rusty hulls that have been submerged for de…

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The wreckage of an old world war ship in Serbia is usually under the water surface. Due to the continued drought, the ship is now almost completely exposed.

·Berlin, Germany
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Due to the drought in Europe, once mighty rivers have been reduced to a trickle of water and the crisis is affecting everything from shipping and tourism to the availability of water and energy production

·Portugal
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t-online broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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