- Prolonged extreme heat has dried up rivers across Europe, leading to the emergence of the corroded hull of an early 20th-century steam tugboat in Serbia.
- The vessel, once known as the Slovenian, sank in the Sava River in April 1945 after hitting a German mine whilst transporting wounded fighters during World War II, according to historian Andrija Popovic.
- Falling water levels along major European waterways have also revealed Nazi German ships in the Danube, ancient Roman bridge piers in Italy's Tiber River, and woolly mammoth bones in Bulgaria.
- The intense drought has also disrupted trade, power generation and local water supplies, while months of dry weather have ruined crops from Bosnia to the Netherlands.
- Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, with Europe being the world’s fastest-warming continent.
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