Photos: Severe drought in Europe

Christopher Furlong

The dried up bed of Yarrow Reservoir near Bolton as the heatwave continues across the UK on July 23, 2018 in Bolton, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Thomas Lohnes

BENSHEIM, GERMANY - AUGUST 06: Dead, brown leafs and grabes pictured in a vine yard on a searing 34 degrees Celcius hot day on August 6, 2018 in Bensheim, Germany. The vines suffer from the extreme summer heat and winemaker Tobias Breit is fighting for the survival of his grapevines. Over the last 3 weeks Tobias has irrigated his 15 hectares every day, using half a million litres of water. Each vine needs 20 litres of water and he expects a 30 percent crop loss this year. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Lukas Schulze

DUESSELDORF, GERMANY - AUGUST 06: The dried riverbed of the Rhine is seen on a searing hot day on August 6, 2018 in Duesseldorf, Germany. Due to the continuing drought and Low water levels, shipping is limited with ships only able to carry half or even less cargo as usual. (Photo by Lukas Schulze/Getty Images)

Sean Gallup

Guests wear parkas to keep warm next to an ice sculpture of the Brandenburg Gate at Angiyok, a bar that maintains a temperature of -10 degrees Celsius. An early August heat hammered Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Thomas Lohnes

A dried cornfield on a blisteringly hot day pictured on August 6, 2018 in Eschollbruecken near Darmstadt, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

ROLAND WEIHRAUCH

A farmer hold some potatoes that are smaller than usual on July 30, 2018 at a field in Rheinberg, western Germany. - Ongoing drought is causing crop failures for farmers across the country. (Photo by Roland Weihrauch / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read ROLAND WEIHRAUCH/AFP/Getty Images)

Matt Cardy

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Dry fields surrounding Glastonbury Tor are pictured in Glastonbury on July 24, 2018 in Somerset, England. The lack of rainfall over the last few weeks combined with record breaking temperatures is having a dramatic effect on the normally green rural landscape of the Southwest of England, which in some places, is looking very parched and dry in appearance. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Matt Cardy

BATH, ENGLAND - JULY 25: Players play on a parched cricket field during Lansdown Cricket Club vs Marshfield Cricket Club at Lansdown Cricket Club on July 25, 2018 in Bath, England. The lack of rainfall over the last few weeks combined with record breaking temperatures is having a dramatic effect on the normally green rural landscape of the Southwest of England, which in some places, is looking very parched and dry in appearance. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Carsten Koall

ZIESAR, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: The chairman of the Fiener agricultural cooperative Ziesar Elard von Gottberg shows a corncob from the field during harvest season on August 1, 2018 in Ziesar, Germany. Germany has been hit by months of dry weather that his hitting grain harvests hard. Farmers in the Brandenburg region are reporting a decline of up to 50%. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Thomas Lohnes

ESCHOLLBRUECKEN, GERMANY - AUGUST 06: A dried cornfield on a blisteringly hot day pictured on August 6, 2018 in Eschollbruecken near Darmstadt, Germany. Farmers are fighting against the long-lasting drought and heat as they are unable to irrigate their fields on a large scale, which is resulting in large crop failures and income for them. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Sean Gallup

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 07: Ella, 8, gets a splash of water from her father while she walked through the Neptune Fountain during hot weather at Alexanderplatz on August 7, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Forecasts called for 37 degrees Celsius today and 38 degrees tomorrow in Berlin as a heat wave continues to hang over Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

HENDRIK SCHMIDT

Fireworkers trie to extinguish a fire on a field that broke out due to ongoing drought in Brehna, on July 4, 2018. (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read HENDRIK SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Carsten Koall

ZIESAR, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: The chairman of the Fiener agricultural cooperative Ziesar Elard von Gottberg stands on a dry corn field and shows a larger plant from another field, which is not yet dried out a larger one from another field, which is not yet so dried up in a corn field during harvest season on August 1, 2018 in Ziesar, Germany. Germany has been hit by months of dry weather that his hitting grain harvests hard. Farmers in the Brandenburg region are reporting a decline of up to 50%. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Carsten Koall

ZIESAR, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: Dried corn plants are standing on a field during harvest season on August 1, 2018 in Ziesar, Germany. Germany has been hit by months of dry weather that his hitting grain harvests hard. Farmers in the Brandenburg region are reporting a decline of up to 50%. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

Carsten Koall

ZIESAR, GERMANY - AUGUST 01: Cows are standing on a dry pasture during harvest season on August 1, 2018 in Ziesar, Germany. Germany has been hit by months of dry weather that his hitting grain harvests hard. Farmers in the Brandenburg region are reporting a decline of up to 50%. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

SWEN PFORTNER

Bathers take a rest on the old Aseler Bruecke bridge as they are refreshing in the Edersee lake near Voehl, western Germany, on July 30, 2018. - Three small villages, and also the bridge, were flooded in the year 1914 in connection with the construction of the dam. As the water level of the reservoir actually is sinking due to the ongoing drought, the bridge emerged again from the lake. (Photo by Swen Pförtner / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read SWEN PFORTNER/AFP/Getty Images)

HORST OSSINGER

Ships called "Einigkeit", "Recht" and "Freiheit" (unity, justice and freedom) lay on the ground in Leverkusen, western Germany, where the old estuary of the river Wupper is dried up on July 30, 2018. - The country is in the grip of a high-pressure system creating weather conditions bringing hot temperatures and drought. (Photo by Horst Ossinger / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read HORST OSSINGER/AFP/Getty Images)

Matt Cardy

WELLS, ENGLAND - JULY 24: People walk on parched grass as they visit Wells Catherdral in Wells on July 24, 2018 in Somerset, England. The lack of rainfall over the last few weeks combined with record breaking temperatures is having a dramatic effect on the normally green rural landscape of the Southwest of England, which in some places, is looking very parched and dry in appearance. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Christopher Furlong

BOLTON, ENGLAND - JULY 23: The dried up bed of Yarrow Reservoir near Bolton as the heatwave continues across the UK on July 23, 2018 in Bolton, England. A hosepipe ban in the North West of England will come in to force on August 5th as the reservoirs serving millions of customers become depleted. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Sean Gallup

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 07: A visitor from Italy films himself as he walks through a fountain during hot weather in front of the Altes Museum on August 7, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Forecasts called for 37 degrees Celsius today and 38 degrees tomorrow in Berlin as a heat wave continues to hang over Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Christopher Furlong

BOLTON, ENGLAND - JULY 23: The dried up bed of Wayoh Reservoir near Bolton as the heatwave continues across the UK on July 23, 2018 in Bolton, England. A hosepipe ban in the North West of England will come in to force on August 5th, as the reservoirs serving millions of customers become depleted. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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