More than twenty ships have been uncovered by the low water. Many still have tons of ammunition and explosives on them that pose a danger to shipping.
The ships sank in 1944. They were among the hundreds sunk along the Danube that year by Nazi Germany’s Black Sea fleet as they retreated from advancing Soviet forces. The sunken ships still hinder river traffic at low water levels.
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Buddha statues appear in China
While in Europe, among other things, old warships emerge from the falling water, in the Chinese city of Chongqing people have come across ancient Buddha statues. Due to the falling water level in the Yangtze River, an island with several large statues of Buddha on top of it has risen above the water surface. The three statues are at least 600 years old and were built during the Ming and Qing dynasty.
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