Low Danube reveals sunken World War Two ships in Serbia, Hungary

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The wrecks of explosives-laden Nazi ships sunk in the River Danube during World War Two have resurfaced  following a severe drought in July and August that drastically lowered the river's water levels.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The wrecks of Nazi ships, laden with explosives and sunk during World War II, have resurfaced

00:07near the Serbian port town of Prahovo, following a severe drought in July and August that drastically

00:13lowered the River Danube's water levels.

00:16In addition to these wrecks, four other vessels from before 1950 were uncovered in Hungary's

00:21Danube-Drava National Park near Mohasz, where the river's water level stood at just 1.5

00:27meters on Tuesday, a lingering effect of the summer's heat waves and drought.

00:32The ships in Prahovo were part of the Nazi Germany Black Sea Fleet, scuttled in 1944

00:37to prevent capture by advancing Soviet forces.

00:40These wrecks can obstruct river traffic when water levels are low.

00:44Endre Stelik, a guard at the Danube-Drava National Park, noted that the identity of

00:49one of the ships remains unknown.

00:57On Tuesday, the Danube's water level in Budapest was recorded at 1.17 meters, compared

01:13to the all-time low of 0.4 meters in October 2018.

01:18The river can rise above 6 meters during floods.

01:22The European Climate Service Copernicus reported in early September that Eastern Europe is

01:27facing critical drought conditions, severely impacting crops and vegetation.

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