DRY, HOT SUMMERS ARE PUTTING DUTCH DIKES AT RISK AND THREATENING GERMAN RIVER TRADE

Houseboats sit in low water on the Waal river in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Thursday, July 30, 2026, due to drought conditions. (AP Photo/Patrick Post) 2026-08-02T04:36:04Z WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — Jeroen Wouda and Dirk Boom walk slowly along a Dutch dike, prodding at the bone dry surface with metal rods and scanning the parched grass…

Associated Press reports that houseboats sit in low water on the Waal river in Nijmegen, Netherlands, Thursday, July 30, 2026, due to drought conditions.

The report adds: (AP Photo/Patrick Post) 2026-08-02T04:36:04Z WADDINXVEEN, Netherlands (AP) — Jeroen Wouda and Dirk Boom walk slowly along a Dutch dike, prodding at the bone dry surface with metal rods and scanning the parched grass…

In a scene that brings to mind the fictional Dutch boy who heroically plugs a hole in a dike with his finger, the two men are hunting for cracks in the low-lying Netherlands’ famed water defenses caused a drought that…

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