Forest fires and dried up rivers – extreme drought in Europe

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Right now, extreme drought is creating major problems around Europe. In several places, rivers are so dried up that ship transport is affected.

In Great Britain, the multi-million dollar city of London is threatened by a water shortage and in France forest fires are raging that threaten buildings.

Temperatures are above 40 degrees and on Friday MSB sent two firefighting planes to Gironde, south-west France, to help with the extinguishing work.

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