Wildfires and drought in Western Europe uncover unexploded ordnance from the world wars

Summary

Extreme heat, drought and wildfires this summer in France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have triggered detonations and discoveries of unexploded shells and ammunition left from the world wars, including a cache near Bordeaux and sporadic explosions in Belgium's Liège province confirmed by governor Hervé Jamar; experts also link falling river levels from drought to the surfacing of sunken warships and other war-era equipment, with several linking this to climate change.

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