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Low Rhine Water Levels Disrupt Inland Shipping Across the Netherlands

Exceptionally low water levels caused by a lack of rainfall and early snowmelt are disrupting navigation across the Rhine basin, with closed locks and blocked access to the Twente Canal creating problems for commercial freight operators.
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