{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. 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The drought, visible from space, has exposed riverbeds and sandbanks normally submerged. Authorities in Hungary and Romania have resorted to extreme measures, including underwater explosions, to maintain water flow to nuclear plants."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant, which supplies around 40% of the country’s electricity, has shut down three of its four reactors due to insufficient cooling water. The Danube’s water level in Budapest fell to 10 centimetres on 5 August 2026, the lowest ever recorded. Romania’s navy detonated rocks in the Danube to divert water to the Cernavoda nuclear plant, its sole operational reactor."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"On the Rhine, water levels at Kaub, a key transit point, dropped to 24 centimetres, far below the 78-centimetre threshold needed for full cargo loads. Ships have reduced their loads by up to 80%, increasing freight costs. The economic impact on Germany alone is estimated at €1-2 billion in the third quarter, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the 15 reports below mention the specific economic cost of the drought beyond Germany’s €1-2 billion estimate. 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