KOBLENZ, Germany — As ship captain Stefan Merkelbach navigates his tour boat down the Rhine River through the town of Koblenz, passengers take pictures of medieval castles and fortresses along the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of the Rhine in the morning light, barges on the river. Thomas Banneyer/dpa The German branch of the international climate ...

Water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, German officials said Wednesday, making it increasingly difficult to transport goods — including coal and ...

The waterway is a critical shipping route for the European continent, but the ongoing heatwave has caused the lowest seasonal water levels since 2007. Reading time 3 minutes Less than a foot of water ...

HAMBURG, July 17 (Reuters) - Water levels on the river Rhine in Germany have risen sharply after heavy rain in southern regions but are still too shallow in northern areas for cargo vessels to sail ...

KAUB, Germany — Just after sunrise, Capt. Frank Sep turned to his ship’s radio for the defining news of his day: the water level in Kaub, the shallowest part of the middle section of the Rhine River, ...

A hot, dry summer has meant the water level on the Rhine River, Western Europe's most important waterway, is at a record low, making it too... Germany's Rhine is at one of its lowest levels. That's ...