Second World War bomb revealed in drought-hit waters of Italy's River Po
The drought-stricken waters of Italy's River Po are running so low they revealed a previously submerged Second World War bomb.
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The drought-stricken waters of Italy's River Po are running so low they revealed a previously submerged Second World War bomb.
The bomb was an American-made device, which the army said contained 240 kilograms of explosives.
An unexploded World War Two bomb which was once submerged in a river in Italy has been discovered due to an extreme drought, the BBC reported on Monday.The
About 3,000 people living near the village of Borgo Virgilio were asked to leave the area as a precaution before the detonation. An unusually serious drought revealed the unexploded bomb well below the typical waterline.
Heat waves sweeping Europe this summer have brought not just record high temperatures and scorched fields: The drought-stricken waters of Italy's River Po are running so low they revealed a previously submerged World War Two bomb.