# Satellite images show the Danube before and after drought

https://mins.news/en/video/14337

- Reuters, 2026-08-05 15:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ58_iOGVaY

> Satellite imagery captures the Danube River before and after drought-driven water loss. Record-low levels have exposed sandbanks along the river. The disruption is affecting nuclear and hydropower production in Hungary and Serbia. The images highlight the marked change in the river’s condition as water levels fell.

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