The natural capacity of many rivers to retain flood water is constantly being lowered Vienna, Austria - Many countries in the Danube basin will be increasingly threatened in the future by floods, such ...

Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported on Monday in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Romania.

A dam overflowed in southern Poland and several districts of Vienna were left without power amid heavy rainfall and flooding across Europe. Meanwhile, several people drowned in Romania. DW has the ...

The reappearance of Budapest's "Rock of Starvation" is a visible sign of a drought months in the making. IIASA researchers have traced its progression from missing rainfall and parched soils to ...

Update: September 21, 2026, at 1:10 p.m. ET River cruise operators navigating Europe’s Rhine and Danube rivers are facing a mixed water-level picture, with conditions on the Rhine worsening ...