Officials stunned after long-term drought reveals hidden dangers: 'I couldn't look'

Officials stunned after long-term drought reveals hidden dangers: 'I couldn't look'

European farmers and river managers have been left reeling by an intense, long-running drought that stripped fields and exposed hidden risks to food and power systems. "I couldn't look," Thomas Goebel, a farmer in South Brandenburg, told The Guardian about the sight of withered sunflowers and corn.  What's happening? This year's dry spell has cut some crop yields by 40-75%. Another farmer in Germany, Lilian Guzmán, told The Guardian her rapeseed…