The mighty 650-kilometre Danube River that snakes throughout Europe from the Black Forest to the Black Sea is receding at some of its banks.
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00:00The once mighty Danube River that snakes from the Black Forest to the Black Sea is receding.
00:09Current water levels are six centimetres below the normal range, with small volumes flowing throughout.
00:172,900 cubic metres per second, much below the annual average of 4,600 cubic metres per second.
00:26Locals from the Romanian village of Corabia say shallow depths are affecting nautical traffic.
00:56As Romania swelters through one of the worst heatwaves in the country's history,
01:04many are hoping for the shallow tides to turn for the Danube River.