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As weeks of drought swept across Europe, water levels in rivers and lakes dropped to barely rememberable levels, exposing long-submerged treasures and unwanted dangers.
In Spain, which has been hit by the worst drought in decades, archaeologists are warning of the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle called 'Spanish Stonehenge', usually covered by water from a dam. we are happy
The stone circle, formally known as the dolmen of Guadalperal, is now completely exposed in a corner of the Valdecanas Reservoir in central Caceres province, and officials have said the water level has dropped to 28% of its capacity. said he did.
It was discovered by German archaeologist Hugo Obermeyer in 1926, but in 1963 Francis, a rural development project under his dictatorship, flooded the area. I was hit. Since then, I have only been fully visible four times.
In Germany, memories of past droughts are being rekindled by the reappearance of so-called 'hunger stones' along the Rhine. In recent weeks many such stones have become visible along the banks of Germany's largest river. Some see them as warnings and reminders of the hardships people faced during the 1940s. Dates found on stones found in Rheindorf, near Worms and Leverkusen, south of Frankfurt, include 1947, 1959 and 1959. 2003 and 2018 were included. Drought has resulted in one of the lowest levels in nearly a century, and the hulls of more than 20 of her German warships sunk during World War II have been exposed near the Serbian river port town of Prahovo.
These ships were among hundreds of ships sunk along the Danube by the Nazi Black Sea Fleet in 1944, and the water levels are still low as they withdrew from the Soviet advance. interfering with river traffic.
Italy declared a state of emergency in the region around the Po River, and in late July a previously submerged 450 kg (1,000 lb) World War II bomb was found in the country's lower reaches. rice field. the longest river.
About 3,000 people living near the northern village of Borgo Virgilio, near the city of Mantua, were evacuated as military experts controlled and suppressed an explosion of a US-made device earlier this month.
(Reported by Reuters TV, Written by Alex Richardson, Edited by Jonathan Oatis)
