# Record drought and heatwave bring energy emergency to Eastern Europe

https://mins.news/en/item/12792

- France 24, 2026-08-04 10:49 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/record-drought-and-heatwave-bring-energy-emergency-to-eastern-europe

> Governments across Central and Eastern Europe are moving to conserve electricity as record-low water levels on the Danube threaten energy supplies. The situation has intensified concerns about an energy crisis across the region. Hungary’s only nuclear plant, which supplies power to half the country, is being shut down because there is not enough water to cool its reactors. The emergency links extreme heat and drought directly to electricity generation.

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