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Low water level on the Danube near Prahovo reveals wrecks of German warships from World War Two

started August 18, 2026 at 6:54 PM · last changed 9d ago

Summary

Historic low water on the Danube at Prahovo has halted river traffic and reduced the capacity of the Đerdap 2 hydroelectric plant while exposing over 20 wrecks of German warships sunk in 1944; removal operations continue in September with seven vessels recovered to date.

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Nizak vodostaj Dunava kod Prahova potpuno je zaustavio riječni promet, a hidroelektrana Đerdap 2 radi smanjenim kapacitetom. Istodobno je pad razine rijeke otkrio prizore iz

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Total — band povišeno (20–39)

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