{
  "id": 125703,
  "title": "Europe’s hydropower nears ‘all-time-low’ as summer drought worsens. Is gas the only backup?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/europes-hydropower-nears-all-time-low-as-summer-drought-worsens-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-04T11:01:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/2026/08/04/europes-hydropower-nears-all-time-low-as-summer-drought-worsens-is-gas-the-only-backup"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“We are simply missing one-third of the water volume that our hydropower plants would normally process.”",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Rhine falls to record low levels as drought strains Europe's rivers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/rhine-falls-to-record-low-levels-as-drought-strains-europes-rivers-92218",
        "published": "2026-08-03T16:27:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Record drought and heatwave bring energy emergency to Eastern Europe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/record-drought-and-heatwave-bring-energy-emergency-to-eastern-europe",
        "published": "2026-08-04T10:49:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Europe heat wave fuels drought, fires and energy fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/europe-heat-wave-fuels-drought-fires-and-energy-fears",
        "published": "2026-08-04T16:37:38.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}