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Drought: Dry Rhine undermines German economy

2022-08-15T18:22:38.588Z


DECRYPTION - The river is a vital artery for the country's industry. Lower water levels limit loading, and navigation could be interrupted.


In Berlin

The Rhine water is evaporating every day and no precipitation is on the horizon in the river basin before Wednesday.

The barges often only carry a quarter of the usual load, in order to be able to continue sailing along the increasingly exposed and cracked bed to the shores.

The water level at Kaub, a strategic point west of Frankfurt, will decide whether traffic continues.

Below 30 centimeters measured at the edge, a level it should reach this week, the Rhine is very difficult to navigate.

In places, the majestic river seems practically reduced to a modest stream.

Despite this persistent drought, the president of the Federal Navigation Administration (WSV), Hans-Heinrich Witte, wants to be reassuring.

“We do not expect river traffic to stop”

, he told the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.

A scenario dreaded by Roberto Spranzi.

From his office overlooking the commercial port of Duisburg, the director of…

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Source: lefigaro

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