The wrecks of explosives-laden Nazi ships sunk in the Danube River during World War II have emerged near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo, after a drought in July and August that saw the river’s water level drop.

World War II-era vessels once operated by the Kriegsmarine have “risen” from the depths of the Danube, in Serbia. The wrecks, which belonged to Germany’s Black Sea Fleet, have surfaced as a result of a months-long drought that’s caused the river’s water levels to recede.

Severe drought caused by heat waves in July and August has led to the emergence of Nazi-era shipwrecks near Serbia's Prahovo and Hungary's Danube-Drava National Park. These ships, scuttled by Germany's Black Sea fleet in 1944,

By Krisztina Fenyo and Fedja Grulovic MOHACS, Hungary/PRAHOVO, Serbia (Reuters) - The wrecks of explosives-laden Nazi ships sunk in the River Danube during World War Two have emerged near Serbia's river port town of Prahovo,

Sunken Nazi WWII ships have once again emerged in the River Danube, following a blistering summer drought that caused water levels to drop below 5 feet.