Fishermen on a sandbank uncovered by the low water level of the Danube in Vamosszabadi, northwestern Hungary. : Danube Low Level Due Drought Directly Affects Central EuropeThis situation in Europe’s second-longest river is having a negative impact on river transport, energy production, tourism, and agriculture. In the town of Ruse, the water level is 89 centimeters below safe navigation levels. “The hydrological situation in the Bulgarian stretch of the Danube River remains complicated due to low water levels,” said Ivelin Zanev, director of the Danube River Research and Maintenance Agency in Ruse, in a statement. According to Zanev, the water level continues to drop and has fallen between one and two centimeters in the last 24 hours.