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Record low Danube levels prompt central European governments to take emergency action

It comes amid soaring temperatures across Europe, as the continent grapples with yet another heatwave.

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00:02Romania's military carried out a controlled explosion near the Danube River's Bala Canal.
00:07They did so in an effort to redirect water flow into the river's main channel
00:12and towards the state-owned Cernovoda power plant.
00:15It comes as Central Europe is gripped by extensive drought as a result of back-to-back heatwaves.
00:21Romania's defense minister warned that the plant could be completely shut down by Wednesday or Thursday this week
00:27due to the low water levels.
00:30On Monday, Monday, the most happy case, the Central of Cernovoda would be able to be opened.
00:38A day of supplemental functioning of the Central of Cernovoda is about three times more efficient financially than the costs
00:46of these operations.
00:47Romanian authorities had already shut down one reactor unit at the plant.
00:52The country's energy sector has been under a state of alert since Friday.
00:56Acting Prime Minister Ilia Bolojan declared a nation state of alert in the energy sector on Friday
01:02and warned that the Danube's low water levels threatened the shutdown of the plant's second reactor.
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