Vistula river in Warsaw hits record low amid severe heatwave

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The Vistula river was at a record low in Warsaw on Friday (July 4), threatening water and power supplies as a wave of hot, dry weather spreads over Europe. Michal Sikora, a meteorologist and hydrologist at Poland's IMGW weather service, said that the Vistula river reached a record low level of 7.48 inches (19 cm) on Friday, and was expected to decline further in the coming days. - REUTERS

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00:00What's going on with the Vistula? Well, there's very little water in the Vistula.

00:18Unfortunately, we're seeing this issue along the entire length of the river. Today,

00:23hydrological warnings have been issued for the lower Vistula as well. There's very little water

00:28there too. But of course, right now, almost everyone is talking about Warsaw. Today,

00:33we've already broken the absolute minimum water level we've ever had for the Vistula in Warsaw.

00:38Today, it's at 19 centimeters and it's going to drop even lower in the coming days.

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