HUNGARY - Danube Drying Up?

Lake Velence’s decline is part of a broader water crisis confronting Hungary as increasingly prolonged droughts and climate change-driven heat waves have pummeled Europe.

This summer, wildfires scorched the continent from the United Kingdom to Greece, while in Hungary, drought has damaged crop yields, led to drinking water shortages and threatened to shut down the country’s only nuclear power plant.

In late June, on the same day the country set a high temperature record of 42 Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit), Prime Minister Péter Magyar told lawmakers that his government would put water management policies “on new footing,” and launch a comprehensive water conservation program to mitigate the effects of drought.

The Danube, the European Union’s longest river which runs through 10 countries from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea, has set successive records this summer for low water levels.

The extremely low level of the Danube—as well as the increased chances for more frequent and intense floods—are effects of human-driven climate change that can be partially mitigated through appropriate land use and restoration of wetlands and other natural habitats, said Zsuzsanna Ujj, a biodiversity specialist.

-abcnews.com, 21 August 2026

Commentary: Floods and droughts are actually nothing new. It happens every year all over the world. This article from ABC News as well as many others follow the pattern by blaming “human-driven climate change.” While there are definite scientifically backed numbers indicating the various high and low levels of the river, what is not mentioned is: What was it like 200, 500, or 1,000 years ago? Various reports indicate low levels of the Danube occurred long before there were official, periodic measurements taken. One article states: “Prolonged extreme heat waves and lack of rainfall across central and eastern Europe significantly reduced river flow.”

Another report claims: “Prehistoric fossils: researchers found ancient wooly mammoth remains in Bulgaria.”

That reminds us of the book of Job, where God declares: “Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox” (Job 40:15), and adds in verse 23: “Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.” Based on the full description, it speaks of a prehistoric monster, but he too is not beyond the jurisdiction of God the Creator.

The rain will come, floods will occur, and droughts will also follow. That is the history of planet earth created by God through His word. Here, the Gospel of John is informative: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1-3).

(See The Remarkable Record of Job, Item #2273, $10.99.)