[The water level in the Budapest section of the Danube reaches a new low: 1 centimeter] On September 9th, according to monitoring data from the Hungarian Water Affairs Department, on the 8th local time, the water level in the Budapest section of the Danube dropped sharply to a new historical low of 1 centimeter. Low water levels have seriously affected shipping on the Danube River, and items in the river bed also pose a direct threat to water transportation. Hungary's only nuclear power plant, the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, was also at risk of outage due to low water levels. Water experts attribute the low water levels to extremely dry weather in the Danube basin. At the end of July, the water level in the Budapest section of the Danube River measured 27 centimeters, breaking the lowest record of 33 centimeters set in this section on October 25, 2018. (CCTV News)