Video. Drought on Serbia's Sava River reveals long-lost WWII shipwreck
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Recent heatwaves and severe droughts across Europe have caused river levels to fall sharply, bringing long-hidden traces of the continent’s past to the surface.
On the Danube in Serbia, one of the latest is the wreck of the Slovenac, a 112-year-old tugboat whose hull and interior are now visible above the water.
Local residents say they have never seen so much of the vessel revealed at once.
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Recent heatwaves and severe droughts across Europe have caused river levels to fall sharply, bringing long-hidden traces of the continent’s past to the surface.
On the Danube in Serbia, one of the latest is the wreck of the Slovenac, a 112-year-old tugboat whose hull and interior are now visible above the water.
Local residents say they have never seen so much of the vessel revealed at once.