2026 Drought: River turned to desert, ship stuck on land

Dried riverbed with stranded ship and sandbar — symbol of record 2026 drought in Hungary and Romania

The image captures the aftermath of the extreme 2026 drought: once a full-flowing river, now a shallow expanse with exposed riverbed where a rusted ship is stranded. People stand on the sandbar, highlighting the scale of the ecological disaster that paralyzed energy systems in Hungary and Romania.

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