Water levels in Germany's lakes and rivers are low following dry winter and spring seasons. How severe is the drought and what can you do to help conserve resources?
Spring has been far too dry so far, sparking the first round of forest fires and wildfires in Germany. If the trend continues, some regions look set to cancel their traditional Easter bonfires this year.
In two years' time, a massive hole in the heart of Berlin will become the German capital's biggest reservoir, capturing an increasingly precious resource -- water.
Summers of heat and drought have brought climate change to the top of Germany's agenda. Now an international report shows how the damage compares to other countries.
After massive crop losses due to the drought that plagued Germany this year, potato prices for consumers have risen by more than half – and they have more blemishes.
The German government on Friday said it had authorised the release of strategic fuel reserves after record-low water levels in the drought-hit Rhine river badly disrupted oil shipments in recent weeks.
The docks are eerily quiet at Cologne's main port on the mighty River Rhine, with hundreds of containers piled up and awaiting their journey north on one of Europe's busiest commercial arteries.
Withered sunflowers, scorched wheat fields, stunted cornstalks -- the farmlands of northern Germany have borne the brunt of this year's extreme heat and record-low rainfall, triggering an epochal drought.
