closing one or more of the Loire plants could push power prices higher Europe-wide. read more Tourists and local residents marvelled but also fretted over the river's enormous exposed sand banks.

A viral photo of the dry Loire river in France has been widely shared online amid recent heatwaves and drought. The image shows a branch of the river near a road bridge, where the riverbed is ...

The Loire valley - a Unesco World Heritage site famed for majestic chateaux such as Chambord, Chenonceau and Azay-le-Rideau - has suffered historically low water levels before, but this year's ...

The drought situation is encapsulated in France’s longest river, the Loire which has reached the lowest water levels. In many parts, the river can be crossed on foot. The Loire Valley ...

With several EDF plants already out of action for technical reasons and others operating at reduced capacity because of low river waters, closing one or more of the Loire plants could push power ...