BERLIN — The crest of the flood-swollen Danube River surged toward the Hungarian capital of Budapest on Friday, while communities along the Elbe in Germany braced for high water as the river churned ...

With a low water level, a large stretch of the Elbe's riverbed was exposed in August near Magdeburg, Germany. Photo Credit: Heiko Kueverling/Shutterstock.com A hot and dry summer in Europe has led to ...

It has been the summer of too little water on Europe's rivers. An unseasonably hot and dry season on the continent has resulted in low water levels on portions of the Danube and Elbe rivers, making it ...

BERLIN - The swollen Elbe River breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages and shut down one of the country's ...