The dried banks of the Danube River are exposed due to the record low water level caused by extreme heat and drought in Budapest, Hungary. Photo by Zsolt Szigetvary/EPA
Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Hungary is facing an energy crisis as the Danube River, which cools the nation's largest power plant, dries to record lows.
Water levels of the 1,800-mile river, which flows through 10 countries in Europe, has fallen amid a three-month drought across the continent.
The Danube is an integral component in the running of Paks, Hungary's only nuclear power plant, as it flows into the reactor and cools it down.
Three of the plant's four reactors were not in operation on Wednesday, while the fourth is operating at 50% power, CBS News reported.
