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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
The Rhine runs DRY and is set to become impassable to crucial coal barges, with Europe on course to suffer worst drought in 500 YEARS and 'extremely violent' wildfires ravaging France in 100F heat
2022-08-11
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Rhine is running dangerously low as Europe suffers through a drought forecast to be the worst in 500 years
    In other words, the models say so.
  • River set to become impassable to barges by Friday, threatening crucial shipments of coal, oil and goods

  • Last time the Rhine fell to this level - in 2018 - it closed for 132 days, almost tipping Germany into recession

  • Meanwhile wildfires are once again raging in the south of France as temperatures climb above 100F (38C)

Authorities predict that water levels at Kaub will dip below the mark of 40 centimetres early on Friday and keep falling over the weekend.

While this is still higher than the record low of 27cm seen in October 2018, many large ships could struggle to safely pass the river at that spot, located roughly mid-way along the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz.

'The situation is quite dramatic, but not as dramatic yet as in 2018,' said Christian Lorenz, a spokesman for the German logistics company HGK.

Related from a year ago: Europe’s ‘Unprecedented Manmade Floods’
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  my initial comment with 4 links had issues.

Only two hotlinks per comment permitted, NN2N1. Fred instituted that rule to limit spam, followed by the secret forbidden words list.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-08-11 22:34  

#4  ...you had good reason to cancel your plans.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-11 15:44  

#3  Probably good I didn’t buy that Viking Rhine-Danube cruise this year.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-08-11 15:13  

#2  NN, COVID was released to test a product that will soon be released to kill 1/2 of the world’s population.
Posted by: Voldemort Big Foot9435   2022-08-11 13:47  

#1  I guess my initial comment with 4 links had issues.

But looking at Present and Historical Rhine River levels. (EIA.GOV) Then looking at the 1993 Mississippi / Missouri massive flooding and record river lows due to a Drought around 2012.

Basically, I asked was.
Are we looking at a Weather Cycle, Climate ____?, and/or Overuse due to a growing EU population

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-08-11 09:27  

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