Record-Low Danube River Affects Tourism and Industry as Drought and Heat Grip Central Europe
Record-low Danube levels are cutting nuclear and hydropower output and forcing Hungary and Romania to rely more on costly electricity imports.
- Record low water levels in Europe's major rivers have curtailed goods transport and reduced electricity output, stoking economic fears amid searing heat and erratic rainfall across the continent.
- The Danube has reached record-low levels, forcing partial closures of nuclear plants in Hungary and Romania; Prime Minister Peter Magyar warned the Paks nuclear power plant faces potential total shutdown on Monday.
- Austrian utility Verbund reported Thursday that drought conditions reduced first-half earnings by about €370 million, while French utility EDF expects full-year 2026 earnings to fall by 10% due to heat-reduced output.
- Grain vessels are carrying 20-40% less cargo because low water levels stopped barges from using several Danube ports; Cezar Gheorghe of consultancy AGRIColumn said "only the ports which are closer to the Black Sea are still operational."
- Analysts warn the continent faces a choice between investing in infrastructure or risking blackouts, while Moldova has declared a 30-day state of alert in its energy sector as diesel inventories fall dangerously low.
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Drought and heat grip Central Europe, record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry
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Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting record low water levels on one of Europe's largest rivers, disrupting tourism and industry and confronting residents with the realities of climate change.
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