The Latest Breaking News from Po

Italy’s worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century

A European Union report warns that parts of already parched Europe could face three more months of warmer, drier conditions, exacerbating a major drought

Shipping companies are preparing to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river near a critically low point

Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, the Netherlands and the UK are enduring severe droughts this summer.

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Drought and unusually hot weather have raised the salt levels in Italy’s largest delta, where the mighty Po River feeds into the Adriatic Sea south of Venice

Hundreds more people were evacuated from their homes as wildfires blistered land in France, Spain and Portugal on Friday, while officials in Europe issued health warnings for the heatwave in the coming days. More than 1,000 firefighters, supported by water-bomber aircraft, have battled since Tuesday to control two blazes in…

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The northern agricultural Po valley has been hit by its worst drought in decades.