(Bloomberg) -- Europe’s biggest rivers, vital arteries for the region’s heavy industries, are drying up after the region was seared by a series of heat waves.

A prolonged drought for one of Europe’s largest rivers is setting record low water levels, disrupting tourism and confronting residents with the realities of climate change.

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Waterways across Europe are drying up

Germany has experienced successive heat waves with little rainfall this summer