Viking schrieb:
> Just reading in the US that a massive drought was feared in Italy--the
> story was unclear if it was part of Italy or all of it.
>
> This is the first I've heard of it--anyone know anything further?
> Reports of drought in other places (Austria? Germany?) that might
> affect, among other things, river cruising? We've been considering a
> river cruise, but some years ago ran into a situation where the cruise
> operator (Uniworld) was cutting short cruises due to drought.
>
> Thanks in advance for any info.
This April has been the driest and hottest on record in Germany. The
Rhine is running about 2 metres below its usual level. Temperature
yesterday in the lower Rhineland hit 30c. The forest fire risk is at 4.5
on a scale of 1 to 5.
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