Wrecks of Nazi ships sunk during World War II emerge in River Danube following summer drought
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A new trove of sunken Nazi ships has emerged in the River Danube, following a blistering summer drought that caused water levels to drop, according to new reporting by Reuters.
The German vessels, still decked out with explosives, were discovered by the Serbian town of Prahovo. Hundreds of miles up the river, receding water revealed four other ships by Hungary's Danube-Drava National Park. This set of vessels was from before 1950, the outlet said.
This isn't the first time ships have cropped up in the River Danube, Europe's second-longest river at 1,770 miles. Perennial droughts and heat waves have led to drastic drops in water levels each year, exposing German ships while simultaneously threatening the drinking supply and frustrating navigators weaving their way down the water route that stretches from the Black Forest in southwestern Germany to the Black Sea in eastern Romania.
