“The Danube has given us days, not months,” Prime Minister Péter Magyar said, as plunging river levels threatened the plant that supplies around a third of Hungary’s electricity.

Hungary is beginning to restore generation at the Paks nuclear plant as rising Danube water levels ease a regional power crisis caused by extreme drought and heat.

The investment is expected to provide a temporary solution for avoiding a complete shutdown of the Paks power plant in case of low Danube water levels, until a permanent solution…