Germany's Rhine river has re-opened to shipping as water levels fell from recent highs in the last southern stretches blocked after last week's record rains, authorities said on Friday.

The German inland navigation agency announced that Rhine river shipping around Maxau, ... Heavy rains in southern Germany caused flooding that closed the river to all freight traffic at Maxau on ...

Germany is trying to save the Rhine. “Save,” in this case, means keep the river navigable for cargo ships. Naturally, engineers have been dispatched to find a way to make the waterway more ...

The river had been closed to freight shipping over the weekend after heavy rain caused extensive flooding in south Germany, stopping sailings to Switzerland. Sign up here.

Improving flood protection on the Rhine river. Over 26 km of the river, before it meets Lake Constance on the border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the plan is to create more space for ...

E&E News notes that flood insurance costs an average of about $1,000 a year through FEMA. The median household income in Knott County is $32,500, or half the nationwide median of $65,000 ...

The Rhine is the most important river in Western Europe. It runs through a German industrial region, among other places, and more than 300 million tons of goods are supposed to move on its waters ...

In Germany, as a result of the flooding of the Rhine River, life in Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf was paralyzed, Azernews reports, ci ...

Flooding in Germany is causing hydroelectric plants to be taken offline or reduce their output, ... The situation on the Rhine River “is currently not critical,” it said.

Improving flood protection on the Rhine river. Over 26 km of the river, before it meets Lake Constance on the border between Germany, Austria and Switzerland, the plan is to create more space for ...