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Scorching heat, the Rhine and Danube rivers dry up

Scorching heat, the Rhine and Danube rivers dry up

Summer drought and high temperatures are hitting every sector in Europe hard, from agriculture to the freight industry.

Germany's shipping and logistics companies will suspend most freighter trips on the Rhine for safety reasons. This interruption is due to the drop in the water level.

Scorching heat, the Rhine and Danube rivers dry up

Since no significant rainfall is expected in the coming days, it is predicted that from the weekend the water level of the Rhine will drop below 40 cm, making it impossible for transport ships to sail.

In recent weeks, the amount of water in the Danube River in Hungary has also been falling to critical levels, while parts of Lake Velence, southwest of Budapest, dried up completely this week.

The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Hungary, Barnabas Virag, warned that the prolonged period of drought, coupled with the impact of the war in Ukraine on grain and food supplies, could cause food prices to rise in the coming months and worsen the trend for inflation with which the country is facing.

Great Britain is also experiencing the driest weather for more than a century. The National Weather Service declared July to be the driest month for England since 1935, with an average rainfall of 23.1 millimetres. Due to the drought, the River Thames is also experiencing an unprecedented shortage of water.

Scorching heat, the Rhine and Danube rivers dry up

Kurse në rajonin jugperëndimor të Burgundisë, në Francë, lumi Tille në fshatin Lux u tha plotësisht. Në shtratin e lumit dolën në pah mijëra peshq të ngordhur.

Për shkak të thatësirës Franca është detyruar të vendosë kufizime të ndryshme për përdorimit të ujit në mbarë vendin.

Moti i thatë i kombinuar me inflacionin dhe konfliktin në Ukrainë po e përkeqësojnë edhe gjendjen e fermerëve në Europën Perëndimore.

Presidenti i Shoqatës Gjermane të Fermerëve, Joachim Rukëied, paralajmëroi së fundi, se nëse nuk do të ketë rreshje së shpejti, të korrat e këtij viti mund të preken rëndë nga vala e të nxehtit.

"At the moment we are fighting on many fronts," Rukëied told the German News Agency dpa. "The prices of chemical fertilizers are four times higher than a year ago. Energy prices are twice as high. Animal feed prices have increased." and added that "if it doesn't rain soon, then we fear that crop yields could be reduced by up to 30% or 40%.