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Record drought and heatwave bring energy emergency to Eastern Europe
Record drought and heatwave in Eastern Europe are causing an energy emergency as governments conserve electricity. Hungary's only nuclear plant, which supplies half the country's electricity, is shutting down due to low Danube River water levels needed to cool reactors.
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- Record low Danube levels push some countries in Eastern Europe to the brink of energy emergency
- Record low Danube levels push some countries in Eastern Europe to the brink of energy emergency
- Hungary: Successive heatwaves drain Danube river used to cool nuclear plant
- Hungary braced for power cuts amid extreme drought