Northern Romania hit by extended drought

06 August 2026 The northern parts of Romania are experiencing a prolonged lack of precipitation and high temperatures, coupled with historic minimum flows for numerous regional rivers. The Someș-Tisa Water Basin Administration announced this week that 12 hydrological stations have reached zero flow, while another 15 have recorded historic minimum flows, well below the normal values for this period. In the Crasna river basin and the tributaries of the Lower Someș and the Someșul Mic, runoff is below 10% of the multiannual norm, while in the Tur, Iza, Lăpuș, Sălăuța and Șieu river basins flows represent 10-25% of the multiannual average values. Higher values, but still below the average specific to this period, were recorded at hydrometric stations in the mountain basins in the eastern part