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Rhine and Danube rivers dry up amid drought and heatwave

The Rhine, a vital trade artery for Europe, has ground to a halt as falling water levels strand ships, driving freight costs sharply higher, while nuclear plants in Hungary and Romania cut output amid shortage

Severe weather hits Skiathos – Watch videos of streets turned into rivers

Strong rainfall has caused problems in Skiathos, particularly affecting the road network

Record floods threaten Alaska’s capital – Mass evacuations over fears of glacier “burst”

Could release up to 15 billion gallons of water — the equivalent of 23,000 Olympic swimming pools

Evros is drying up – Video shows local resident walking through the dried-up riverbed

Farmers in despair as their crops wither – Water scarcity threatens biodiversity and causes the death of fish and animals

Two children were pulled unconscious from the river Arachthos in Arta

The children, a group of four, had gone swimming in Neochori – two of them managed to get out a short while later, but the other two, aged 12 and 15, were swept away by the river's current

Drama: Greece’s largest river cave drying up—Water levels reach historic low

Experts are attributing the water depletion in Angitis River Cave, the largest river cave in Greece, to the ongoing drought and absence of significant snowfall

Zeta Douka: The actress dives into the icy waters of Kefalopotamos

Check out the actress's Instagram post

Hardalias: For the first time in decades, all underground sections of Kifissos are cleaned (photos)

The covered parts of the Kifissos River occupy 8.6 kilometers expected to be completed by the end of October

Evros: Dead wild horses in the river delta due to water shortage

Improvised water stations are being created by citizens to save them

A couple of swans, residing in the Acheloos River for a decade, welcomed seven lovely cygnets into the world

In Dioni next to the river Acheloos estuary, a pair of Boubocyxes permanently resides

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