In pictures: Drought exposes sunken treasures

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-pictures-drought-exposes-sunken-treasures/ar-AA10TuXi?ocid=mailsignout&pc=U591&cvid=6ca2b28d8cc3435ea3b266452dff4dbc

Rivers and lakes have dried, causing major problems for shipping and other vessels. The receding water levels have also revealed some usually-buried treasures.

The most ominous of these are "hunger stones", engraved at the waterline of rivers during previous droughts as a warning to future generations that when the stones are above water, hardship lies ahead.

Most of the stones have reappeared on the banks of the river Elbe, which flows from the Czech Republic through Germany.

One stone, which was first carved as far back as the 15th Century, also surfaced in 1616, when locals inscribed into it the words "if you see me, cry".

Low water levels in the Danube in Serbia have revealed the sunken remains of World War Two ships, still loaded with explosives.

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1. Interesting.

We’ve been warned n could have paid attention to climate challenges. The people in the 15th century didn’t have the knowledge we do now..but, we haven’t learned it yet. Will we ever?