BERLIN — The crest of the flood-swollen Danube River surged toward the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Friday, while communities along the Elbe in Germany braced for high water as the river churned ...

With a low water level, a large stretch of the Elbe's riverbed was exposed in August near Magdeburg, Germany. Photo Credit: Heiko Kueverling/Shutterstock.com A hot and dry summer in Europe has led to ...

It has been the summer of too little water on Europe's rivers. An unseasonably hot and dry season on the continent has resulted in low water levels on portions of the Danube and Elbe rivers, making it ...