“If you see me, weep.”Those foreboding words, written in German in 1616 and inscribed on a “hunger stone” in Central Europe, have reappeared after a prolonged drought caused water levels on some parts of the continent to drop. The stones have traditionally sat below the water line near the Elbe River in the Czech Republic, but because the current drought is so intense, about a dozen of them have now been revealed. Experts say that when a severe drought arrived, it could signal a bad harvest, which could lead to a lack of food and higher prices. If water levels continued to sink, it could thwart river transportation and threaten the livelihoods of families living nearby. With the Elbe at its lowest level in at least a half century, the draught it also uncovering things like unexploded World War II bombs.

Source: Fox News August 27, 2018 15:50 UTC