Hungary faces nuclear plant crisis as Danube river levels remain dangerously low

Hungary’s main nuclear plant has been operating at approximately 10 per cent of its full capacity since late last week

Extreme heatwaves and low rainfall across the region have left the Danube at record lows over the past week.

Romania is racing to sink four barges into the Danube River to redirect water toward a nuclear power plant

Romania rushes to sink 4 barges in the Danube to keep a nuclear power plant's second reactor running  AP News

Hungary's only nuclear plant, which relies on water from the Danube River, could be forced to close amid a drought. CBS News' Ramy Inocencio reports.

Households and businesses advised to consume less electricity during ongoing heatwave, to ease pressure on power grid that has been exacerbated by record-low water levels on the River Danube.

06 August 2026 Romanian authorities resumed operations for the sinking of four rock-filled barges to increase the flow of the Danube toward the Cernavodă Power Plant on Thursday, August 6. Scheduled for a day earlier, the sinking was postponed because of strong currents. After they were filled, the four barges were ali

According to Péter Magyar, the water level has already climbed several centimetres above the critical threshold.

It’s a total ship show. Scores of sunken World War II ships — rusty old Nazi battleships among them — have suddenly surfaced in Europe’s Danube River as its water levels plunge to dangerous lows. The underwater treasures, which also include woolly mammoth bones, have emerged while a summer drought and heat wave scorche

Hungary is facing an energy crisis as the Danube River, which cools the nation's largest power plant, dries to record lows amid a severe drought.

Romanian naval forces blew up part of the drought-hit Danube river.

The ships, some still laden with weapons, belonged to Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet that the Germans deliberately sank

The remains of what’s believed to be an ancient mammoth were discovered Wednesday on the newly exposed riverbed of the Danube in northern Bulgaria, after the river plunged to record lows.

There are believed to be about 200 Nazi ships on the floor of the Danube near Prahovo, Serbia. Ferries, tourist boats, and shipping have also become severely restricted due to the drought.

Drought is adding to strains on a political class in Romania that’s been deadlocked for months over the formation of a new administration.

The waters of the mighty Danube, Europe's second-longest river, have dropped in parts to a record low due to successive heatwaves that have parched the continent since May.

Amidst record-low water levels that have caused governments across Europe to plan for electricity shortages, German ships sunk in the war are resurfacing.

Authorities are trying to keep traffic flowing on the Danube, which flows through 10 nations, as dropping water levels create dangerous conditions.

Several ferries across the Waal and IJssel rivers in Gelderland have been cancelled after the major Dutch rivers dropped to...

The drought in Europe has sent the River Danube to a record low, forcing Hungary to shutter its only nuclear power plant.

Water level 8.59 meters below zero at city's iron bridge gauge