- About 20 ships were queued up in Germany’s crisis-struck Rhine river on Wednesday as a ship broke down in a busy shipping lane.
- As well as restricting transport, low water levels impact power plants that need water for cooling — a problem that is getting particularly grave for France’s nuclear plants.
- It has also raised the prospect of more nuclear power plants shutting down due to a lack of cooling water.
Dry rivers: Traffic backed up on Rhine as engine failure worsens woes 17.08.2022
