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Photos of extreme drought in western Europe

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Chris Kodo

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As The Independent reported in mid-August, the famous Lake Garda in northern Italy was “losing 2cm of water a day.” The result is evident in this photo from August 16, showing the peninsula of Sirmione with a dramatically receded Garda shoreline.

Slide 5 of 34: As The Independent reported in mid-August, the famous Lake Garda in northern Italy was "losing 2cm of water a day." The result is evident in this photo from August 16, showing the peninsula of Sirmione with a dramatically receded Garda shoreline.

Slide 4 of 34: "Most of southern and eastern England had just a tenth of their average July rainfall this year," The Guardian explained on August 19. "Despite the heavy rain and thunderstorms that have hit the UK this week, several areas of the country remain in drought." Uncanny scenes include this one, of tree skeletons in Colloford Lake in Cornwall, where water levels are at their lowest since 1995.

Slide 3 of 34: As Spain suffers its worst drought in 60 years, according to sources on The Weather Channel, the Guadiana river in the central-western region of Extremadura has completely dried up at some points.

Slide 6 of 34: The Rhine, running from Switzerland through The Netherlands, has reached historic lows in places like Emmerich, Germany. In the river Elbe, so-called 'hunger stones' mark earlier unfortunate periods of dangerous drought in Europe.

Slide 15 of 34: In August 1998, a level of 1.81 meters was measured in Mainz. At the time, it was considered an "extraordinary low" because the usual water level in summer was over three meters. By now, the Rhine is very far from that point.

Source; The Dily Digest

 

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