{"id":4919,"date":"2026-08-04T21:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:49:27","slug":"danube-rivers-shrinking-water-levels-expose-dozens-of-world-war-ii-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4919","title":{"rendered":"Danube River\u2019s shrinking water levels expose dozens of World War II ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>They are a curious distraction from the summer heat crisis. The Danube\u2019s\u00a0record low water levels\u00a0also have forced power plants to the brink of shutting down, and governments across Central and Eastern Europe are taking steps to conserve electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4917\">OpenAI fires back at Apple, publishing private emails to counter trade-secret claims<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the river separating Serbia and Romania near the Serbian port of Prahovo, a rusty hull is now visible along with a broken mast where the Nazi flag used to fly.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The ships, some still laden with weapons, belonged to Nazi Germany\u2019s Black Sea fleet that the Germans deliberately sank as they retreated from Romania and as Soviet forces advanced deeper into Europe near the end of the war.<\/p>\n<p>Historians say up to 200 German warships were scuttled in September 1944 near Prahovo in the Danube gorge as they came under Soviet fire. The idea behind the deliberate sinking was to slow down the Soviet advance in the Balkans. But Nazi Germany surrendered months later, in May 1945.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4915\">SpaceX revenue surges to $7.8 billion, blowing past Wall Street expectations by nearly $1 billion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sight of the old warships is a reminder that the Serbian government, with European Union financial support, has long been trying to do something about them. Some were removed from the river by Communist Yugoslav authorities, but most have remained because of the explosives they carried.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, authorities are trying to keep traffic flowing on the Danube, which flows through 10 nations, as the dropping water levels create dangerous conditions. Experts have linked the unusually hot weather to global warming and other factors.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Krsta Brandic, a Prahovo resident, said the low water levels have almost stopped ship traffic: \u201cAs you can see, the (big) ships can\u2019t pass anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/crosscountrymovingteams.com\/?p=4913\">Toyota sold fewer cars but nearly doubled profit on cheap yen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Associated Press writer Dusan Stojanovic contributed from Belgrade, Serbia.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amidst record-low water levels that have caused governments across Europe to plan for electricity shortages, German ships sunk in the war are resurfacing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water-use-and-conservation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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