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Europe’s climate change nightmare: Heatwaves, fires and drying up rivers

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Reduction of the water level in the Rhine and Danube. Devastating fires in Spain and Portugal. Britain in emergency due to unprecedented drought.

Unprecedented heat and uncontrollable fires hit them European countries, with scientists sounding the alarm about its disastrous consequences climate change

On the Rhine River, which is a pillar of its economy Germanyher Netherlands and her Switzerlandthe water level has dropped so much that ships cannot pass.

According to the data of the German government the depth of the river, in the passage Come on west of Frankfurt is expected to fall to 30 cm on August 15.

The water level is very low and in Danube which crosses central Europe reaching the Black Sea.

At Britain citizens are rushing to supermarkets and disappearing bottled water from the shelves, after the country declared a state of emergency due to an unprecedented drought.

At France fines have begun for businessmen in the capital who leave their shop doors open while the air conditioning is running. In Lyon, the operation of car washes was prohibited due to drought.

Germany and Poland are trying to identify the cause of death of thousands of fish in the Oder River.

Spain and Portugal are facing major fires this summer. In Portugal, a fire raging for the seventh day has destroyed almost 15% of Serra da Estela National Park.

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